The life of an addict isn’t just detrimental to that individual; it can affect an entire family. If your family has been affected by an addict, it’s important to consider your own recovery as well.

One thing that drug addicts often have a difficult time realizing is how their addiction is affecting their family. Once sobriety sets in, this process is a bit easier, but until it does, looking at their behaviors and how they’ve changed the life of their family members is tough.

When an addict craves drugs over anything else, their desires and needs can not only make a family miserable, but they can yank them apart too. Once your addicted family member has sought help for themselves and is in recovery, it’s time to think about getting some recovery for your family as well. And family members need a number of different types of support to help them to get their lives back after addiction has disrupted it.

Achieving Your Own Recovery

While your family member was fighting addiction, you probably just wanted them to get the help they needed, but now it’s time for you to listen to your own advice. You can’t begin to help anyone else heal until you’ve worked through the pain of addiction on your own terms.

There are a number of community resources that can help you to deal with any issues caused by the other person’s addiction. Most will focus on helping you deal with the anger and frustration that likely accrued over the course of the addition. If you’re not sure who to see, speak with a Texas drug rehab center and ask them if they have any advice as to who you should see. You may even want to go to private therapy.

It’s also important that you learn how to detach yourself from the family member and focus on what you need. It’s easy to get caught up in the drama that surrounds an addict, and you may have even been enabling their addiction. Get some help to step outside of yourself and learn how to detach yourself from the family member while still loving and supporting them. They’ll need that love and support when they are sober and leaving the methamphetamine rehab center or other treatment facility.

It’s also very important to rediscover your family as a whole and all of your strengths. Addicts can break up a family, and when the addict is in recovery, it’s a great time to get everyone together to become a strong and united family front once again. Talk with family members and plan a get together, such as a BBQ. During this get-together, spend time talking with everyone and remembering all of the fun times that you had before the addiction took hold and started to pull things apart. Speak with love about the addict and work together to rebuild your entire family once again.

 

 

Better Life in Recovery Testimony – Beyond Repair 2012/07/29 – Better Life in Recovery Testimony/Sermon – Beyond Repair given at Life Fellowship Church on 07/29/12. David takes a look at a childhood filled with anger and abuse that turned him into an adult with multiple mental health diagnosis and addictions. He was in and out of jails, hospitals, rehab and prison. He attempted suicide, cooked methamphetamine and tried to escape his life filled with self-loathing and depression . His story is one of grace and redemption, as he finally went to Christ in prayer one night. That night made all of the difference. David educates and advocates about the dangers of addiction, the power of recovery and the impact we can have on the life of someone who is hopeless simply by showing compassion.

 

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