Alcohol or drug addiction can occur in a person at any age. It does not depend on whether he lives in a prosperous or dysfunctional family. Do not blame yourself for what happened and try to hide this fact from everyone. It’s better to start talking with families where there was a similar problem, they can refer you to a good clinic where drug addicts and alcoholics are rehabilitated. At the same time, make a firm decision: to persuade, convince, force a drug addict or alcoholic to be treated.
Instruction manual
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Do not conflict with the patient
If you constantly blame an alcoholic or a drug addict, then he may become unconscious and it will be more difficult to reach him in the future. A dependent person needs help, understanding and support from loved ones. You will return it to normal life, first of all, and not someone else. Therefore, build a relationship.
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Help the alcoholic / drug addict understand that he is sick
A person who is addicted to alcohol and drugs does not recognize that this is his disease. Having lost contact with friends, having lost work, someone from relatives, an alcoholic / drug addict in the minutes of "waking up" himself will understand that he is suffering from chemical dependence. You should only not control it tightly and do not close the house. Firstly, it will not lead to anything good, and, secondly, outside of the house he will see that no one needs you but you.
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Find a good specialist and discuss your actions with him
Contact your doctor in advance to advise you on how to help an alcoholic or drug addict. An alcoholic or drug addict at any time may come to you for help and ask you to withdraw from this state. As soon as the patient has expressed such a desire himself (and not because you forced him), do not postpone this matter until tomorrow, because Tomorrow everything can begin all over again. Go to an experienced specialist together.
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Improve with the patient
If earlier you could afford to have a good drink, even if it happened only on holidays, now you need to lead the same healthy lifestyle that you are promoting to your close sick person. And it doesn’t matter if he is an addict or an alcoholic. You must create all conditions for its favorable development and improve yourself with it.
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Take your loved one after treatment
The rehabilitation of drug addicts and alcoholics is not the last stage of their return to normal life. A “former” drug addict or alcoholic will promise that this will never happen again, he will ask everyone for forgiveness, etc. But it is not necessary to buy things for joy that he can exchange for a drink or drugs, give him money and do for him what he can do himself. Let him make money himself, and if he can’t find a job yet, load it with household chores, find a useful hobby for him, interest him in this beautiful world without alcohol and drugs.
Useful advice
After the course of treatment, your loved one should live in a new way. Do not communicate with friends who supplied him with alcohol or drugs, find a new job where they will not discuss his past and move forward with the confidence that you can give. Also, do not remind him of his illness, he himself remembers everything and is worried about it.
