Cutting off the Addict
Nov 21, 08- (by Therapy Doc)
10 comments- Sober Salon
Family therapists and addictions therapists tend to part ways when it comes to whether or not to cut off, in the name of not enabling, the “sick” member of the family, the one who steals the silverware to pay for the cocaine, the alcohol, the heroin. Pick your substance, none of them are free.
Not that we’re naive. We understand that an addict will do anything to get substances, and will exploit the family, in all kinds of ways, as a coping strategy under stress. Object? Get drugs. Drug seeking.
But family therapists like to keep the door cracked, the lines of…
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Nov 21, 08
10 commentsFamily therapists and addictions therapists tend to part ways when it comes to whether or not to cut off, in the name of not enabling, the “sick” member of the family, the one who steals the silverware to pay for the cocaine, the alcohol, the heroin. Pick your substance, none of them are free.
Not that we’re naive. We understand that an addict will do anything to get substances, and will exploit the family, in all kinds of ways, as a coping strategy under stress. Object? Get drugs. Drug seeking.
But family therapists like to keep the door cracked, the lines of…
read more