Your Child Has an Addiction Problem...Now What?

The signs are there, your child has an addiction to drugs or alcohol.
Now what? The first thing to do is to leave the guilt on the door step. Ultimately, even if you have an addiction yourself, your child is responsible for their addiction. It is VITAL to their recovery for them to accept responsibility for their addiction, and not push it off on you. Get them professional help ASAP; this is not a problem that you can handle on your own. The sooner that you get them help, the better chance they have of recovery. Your role in your child’s recovery is to get them help, and to make sure that you are not playing the role of enabler. Help for addictive behaviors takes on many forms: residential facilities, support groups, individual counseling to name a few. Decide on the program that is best suited to helping your child and then commit to it. Give it some time to start working. If you see no improvement, try a different program. Don’t just give up; this is the life or should I say death of your child that you are talking about. It is also important to get some support for you and your family as well. AA has some wonderful groups for family members that have a high success rate