Addiction is most problematic when it negatively impacts one’s quality of life. While someone who is struggling with addiction may think that their life is being improved by their addiction, if their health, finances, relationships, and state of mind are declining due to their dependency, then it’s time to accept the hard truth that their addiction has become a problem.  It’s important to highlight that the person has a problem, and not to insist that the person is a problem. Self-blame will only plunge someone deeper into their despair, when it’s really an illness that needs to be healed.