How Does the Enabling of Substance Abuse Addiction Work?

Published February 16, 2014

Question by bayley de: How does the enabling of substance abuse addiction work?
I have heard that sometimes, families can even sort of encourage the individual to continue on with his substance abuse addiction. How so? What are they doing that actually acts to the detriment of the individual?

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Answer by abigayle la
Enabling substance abuse addiction simply means that the person tolerates the addiction of the individual. They make it easy for the patient to continue on indulging in the substance. Enabling substance abuse addiction can be manifested in a variety of ways, some of which are as follows:

* making excuses for the person’s behavior
* doing something for the person instead of letting him do it himself
* not recognizing the problem or denying its existence, therefore allowing the behavior to go on.
* helping the individual fuel his substance abuse addiction by giving him money, finishing his work for him, or just plain ignoring his behavior and shortcomings.

If you happen to know someone who is a substance abuse addict, then you should take care not to do the things listed above.

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