Thursday, November 18, 2010

Family of drug addicts.

Drugs devaste families across the country. Drugs make users a lot more edgy and at higher risk to abuse their loved ones.  The family suffers just as much as the addict . All addicts care about is getting their next high and they forget about all of the people that they once cared about. Family members tend to adapt their personas in an attempt to handle the dysfunction that the addict has created. The caretaker or enabler, for example, makes it possible for the addict to keep functioning in addiction. He may give the addict money, provide a home and food, bail the addict out of jail and in general provide a safety that the addict can depend on no matter how violent, irresponsible or hurtful the behavior.
The caretaker role is just one example. Others include the hero, who makes sure that everything appears to be fine to outsiders, the jester who tries to make light of the situation, the ghost who never comments or makes his needs known. Family members of addicts become so focused on the addict's problems that they often lose themselves along the way.
The family of addicts need help just as the addicts do and there are now support groups across the globe to help with this. http://www.familiesanonymous.org/ Is just one of which can help you!

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