Family and addiction

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One of the most common challenges the family members of people who struggle with addiction face is how to help their loved ones without enabling them. Family members must know what it means to enable an addicted loved one, and they must know how to recognize enabling behavior when it’s occurring.

Around 80% to 90% of people who need drug and alcohol addiction treatment do not receive it, and for those who do, it is sometimes inadequate to provide them with the tools they need to overcome their addiction. And in addition to the people who accurately perceive they need treatment, millions more aren’t seeking treatment at all, even though they need it.