Anyone addicted will say and do extreme things to sate their appetite for their drug, so it takes dedication to take care of their withdrawals and relapses.
you have to be able to work through the lies and the sweet talk when you are helping someone get through recovery you cant let them manipulate you.
Long-term effects of living with an addicted parent can show us how to further help (adult) children and how to return to a “normal” lifestyle.
Because growing up around addiction its not normal and its not normal too see that so when its your time to start a family your getting used to this new environment new lifestyle because you didn’t see that growing up so its new.
According to the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, children who spend most of their time caring for their parent instead of nurturing themselves are at a much higher risk to develop disorders such as anxiety, depression, and even drug abuse.
Because this child is being cheated at being able to experience a parent taking care of them thats something you can never re do something that cant be done with a second chance and its emotionally damaging and can create kids to have those type of disorders.
Do what you enjoy. If you like sports, go out and play a game or two with your friends. If you enjoy reading, a trip to the library will help clear your headspace.
I definitely think these methods are effective i write whenever i feel angry or in my head about my fathers addiction and being able to escape to the one place you love or by doing something you love can definitely settle your mind and allow you to get ur stress or anger relived.
The safest thing to do is to either find them professional treatment, and if they refuse that, get help from another adult or remove yourself from the environment.
There is only so much you can give and give until you get tired from receiving nothing back. To make recovery work the person addicted has to want to get better because without any work from their side your just watering a one sided plant.
You should never believe that someone’s failure to end their addiction is your fault. This just causes negative thoughts, which are, ultimately, counterproductive. Instead of playing “the blame game,” work together with your addicted family member and let them know you are there to help.
Coming from Personal experience thinking your the cause of the addiction will only create more harm and emotional damage and you have to understand no one makes you do anything. Everyone is their own person and is accountable for their own actions every choice someone made is because they wanted to make that choice.
Isolation from the addicted parent Increased levels of family conflict Emotional or physical violence Neglect from the parent Fear of trying to help the addicted parent Guilt/feelings of helplessness High stress levels
The trama caused can be so deep that it can effect this child for life. For example Emotinal violence is a serious conflict that can reflect on ones emotional understanding as they grow up. They can be so emotionally damaged that they fear getting love from anyone because what they have been shown growing up was damage to them.
Addiction is commonly called a “family disease” because a family member with a drug addiction can cause tension between themselves and other relatives. They may ask for financial help just to buy the drug they are addicted to and sometimes even participate in illegal activities like drug dealing or resorting to violence/gangs.
And this "family disease" is lethal its real and scary. They always ask for financial help because they never have their own and it they creates trust problems within the family or even in the person your asking help from.
It is important to remember that to help a family member recovering from addiction, you must treat their addiction as if it were any other disease. If your parent were so sick that it hindered their everyday life functions, you would take them to a doctor. Addiction is no different, and treating addiction as a sickness can prove useful and make it easier on you. If your parent is struggling with drug abuse, we are here to help.
If you see your parent as someone whos struggling through a sickness and not as someone whos throwing their life away it can effect their recovery and help they choose or either get better