In the article “What Can I Say to Make You to Stop?” written by Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation writes about how a friend/family member can do to help their loved one find help with addiction. It also gives advice regarding how to help them. When I was going through my addiction days this sort of information would have helped my family immensely. It’s hard to have someone you care about have an addiction and not know what to do, or how to help. So, I will be discussing on how the main points the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation talk about in their article could really help others, with friends/family members that have an addiction problem.
The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation talks about how to tell if your friend/family member is using and the
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Don’t use “you” statements use “I”, “main thing is to listen”, “show caring attitude and offer to help”. In my experience, I had a couple of family members try to talk to me about my addiction and it never turned out all that great. I think if you’re going to talk to someone with an addiction you must be delicate, using the “you” statement just seems like your pointing out everything negative that they are doing, or have done. I don’t want you to tell me something I already know! Like how do you feel about my addition and what you would like to see as an outcome if I choose to get help after our talk, if you attack me about my addiction, I am going to shut down on you completely. I do see why Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation brings up to listen because, if you’re the only one being able to talk then really I feel as if I am wasting my time in even having this conversation, if you can’t sit and listen to what I have to also say, then I see it as you don’t really care what I think about the situation at hand and about I feel about what going on in my life. And with that it brings up show some heart, let your friend/family member know that you care about them and what they are doing to themselves. Let them know that you will help them find what is necessary to help them fight this addiction. In my situation, it would have meant a lot if my family would have showed more of their soft side and not be so authority
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