When People Remove Themselves From an Alcoholic’s Life Is It More for Themselves Then for the Drinker?
Question by Falcons Fan: When people remove themselves from an alcoholic’s life is it more for themselves then for the drinker?
Just curious after a TV show on drug/alcohol addiction interventions and people saying they will leave the family member if they don’t get help.
Best answer:
Answer by Sage
It’s to benefit the alcoholic. Some alcoholics need to hit rock bottom before deciding they need help. Removing yourself from their life helps them realize they have a real problem. Most of the time the family is helping to enable them by being there for them when they screw up over and over. It’s basically saying “It’s your own fault you keep falling, so next time I won’t be there to catch you,” but knowing that person may likely fall again not knowing they’ll be OK, because you didn’t catch them, is not an easy thing to do.
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