Review: great advice
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 30, 2013
These quick tips are wonderful advice for anyone that deals with an alcoholic or other substance abuser. The advice is informative and sound for the non-alcoholic person in the relationship to be able to cope with the behavior of the alcoholic and not become an enabler to the problem. Knowing that you cannot change the behavior of anyone but yourself is a big help and understanding how to defuse a potential volatile situation is also beneficial.An addict is a manipulator and is addicted to the substance and people closest to the addict are usually addicted to the addict in the thought that they can change the addict and make them well. The fact is the only person that can change the addict is the addict themselves and until they make the decision to change they will just drag people who care about them along unless those people choose not to be manipulated.The tips are very insightful advice to help a person deal with an addict and still remain sane and guilt free based on how to deal with the addict without making them worse and maybe even making the addict want to change on their own.