When dealing with a drug addict?

[MrDawn]

How do you deal with a drug addict that is a friend or a family member? Do you cut them off or do you try to help them?

 

[PGen98]

You have to let them hit bottom so they will get help, then you support them as they build their lives back up.

 

[Dee]

You have to let them hit bottom so they will get help, then you support them as they build their lives back up.

Basically this. You can't force someone to get help unless they break the law and get caught. It has to be up to them to want it, and even then more often than not it's going to be a rough ride trying to convince them they should get help. I wouldn't be completely absent, but I wouldn't offer shelter, food, clothes, or money. All of that can be exchanged for more money to buy more drugs.

 

[Dollhouse]

You have to let them hit bottom so they will get help, then you support them as they build their lives back up.

I completely agree with you. Sadly we have to let them hit the bottom first

 

[Kale]

As someone who has had family members go through substance abuse it is hard. I honestly have seen a cousin go through it and relapse. It doesn't help his dad passed away, and honestly I dunno how I'll feel or be when my parents or a parent passes myself.

I feel like I can give them a fair chance and hope they change. I feel like there's only so much you and others can do for them. They got to want the help.

 

[Speaks]

How do you deal with a drug addict that is a friend or a family member? Do you cut them off or do you try to help them?

No choice but to distance myself. If they don’t want help it’s a lost cause.

 

[fuzzems]

Really have not had that issue, thankful for that. But, having watched Intervention and shows like that, you cannot really help them. Mostly, I think I would say, "I love you. You know that you have a problem. And I am not equipped to professionally help you so therefore call me after you have been sober for a year. Until then, I cannot give money or assist your life in anyway".

Now, yes, if someone needed food, I would probably make food to give.

 

[Cory]

I'd try to help them for a short period of time and if they didn't pull through, I'm afraid I'd have to cut them off.

I used to have a friend that smoked weed and when they offered me some, I said I have to go to the nearby restaurant to get a drink and I did. I did whatever I could to stay away from unhealthy, toxic crap.

 

[Webster]

How do you deal with a drug addict that is a friend or a family member? Do you cut them off or do you try to help them?

Up to a certain point you try to help them but at some point if they refuse the chance to be helped, you gotta' shut the door on them.

 

[Nebulous]

On of my best friends growing up turned into a tweaker. I feel bad for him. There is no helping him though, thats up to him. I dont see him anymore since he moved out of the area. I often wonder if he's still alive or how he's doing. He always has a new phone number and isn't on social media so I have to wait for him to contact me.

Can't think of any family members who got hooked any bad drugs. If that happened I suppose I'd just keep my distance and offer my support if/when they decided to seek treatment.