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[quote=Anonymous]Most of the research and professional advice with addictions is you learn to detach with love. Sadly, your compassion and empathy can turn into enabling. Like you already do OP, be reinforcing when the person takes positive steps toward healing, but you absolutely should have boundaries, not only so you don't enable, but so the person doesn't bring you and your family down too. My mother in are enabler and would be the first to post some of what people put here to try to make those who don't enable feel guilty. The healthiest my sister ever became was when mom was ill and unable to help, my sister hit rock bottom and finally got help. Intensive therapy and medication is amazing for her, but sadly once mom gets back to enabling mode that reinforcement seems to trump getting the right help.[/quote]
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