Loving Someone in Addiction
Addiction is never just one person's problem — it reshapes everyone around it. This section is for the partners, parents, and family members trying to help without losing themselves: what enabling actually is (and isn't), whether tough love works, how to set boundaries that hold, and what the research says about recovering as a family. Much of the popular advice here is confident and wrong; this cluster corrects it with evidence and without judgment.
Start here
How do I love someone with an addiction without losing myself? — boundaries and the CRAFT evidence
What is enabling — and what isn't? — myth-busting a badly overused word
How to talk to a loved one about their drinking — a conversation guide (with a downloadable one-pager)
Every question in this section
How do I love someone with an addiction without losing myself?
What is enabling — and what isn't?
Does tough love work?
How do I set boundaries with an addicted family member?
Should I stay with a partner struggling with addiction?
How does addiction affect marriages and what predicts recovery together?
What is codependency (and is it even a real thing)?
How to talk to a loved one about their drinking
Recovery is a family process: what the research says
Link up:The Behavior Change Atlas
Curated by Dr. Adi Jaffe, PhD (UCLA), author of The Abstinence Myth and Unhooked.