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How can I help my addict at home?




My husband is an Adderall and pain pill addict, who regularly shoots the meds up. I want to know how can I help him become clean at home?

He doesn't want to go to rehab and says he has a strong will to get clean and believes he can do it on his own at home. I want to be there for him and do everything I can to insure he has the best possible chance of achieving this.

What can I do?

Are there any suggestions of making quitting cold turkey a little easier for him?

Thank you




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How can I help my addict at home?

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by: Ned Wicker

This is going to sound harsh, but the situation you are in is not easy and getting help for your husband is no small task.

Your husband says he can to this on his own. He’s shooting up drugs and he’s got the will to get clean by himself. Don’t believe him. He may think he is in control, but the drugs are in control and as much as he may promise you that he’s going to get better, he isn’t.

Substance Use Disorder is a brain disease, which takes over the reasoning, controls the behavior and eventually, left unchecked, will leave nothing behind. Your husband needs treatment.

You can’t do this alone. You and your husband can’t do this alone. I recommend a call to Al-anon to get some help and support. They are in virtually every community or near by. The organization is designed to help people just like you, people who are living with an addict and want to know how to help.

You don’t want to be an enabler, who just lives with it in hopes of the disease going away on it’s own, or who is afraid of losing her husband if she demands that he get treatment. Think of it this way, if you want to be married to him and desire to grow old together, you had better accept the fact that you might be in for a fight for his life.

He may deny having a problem, or say he’ll quit on his own. He may get angry with you if you push his buttons, but you have to be willing to be taught and learn what you can do to help, not just stand on the sidelines.

In addition to Al-anon, you can have a talk with a local treatment center to see what your options are. You can gather with the rest of the family and explain that your husband is in trouble, that he has a disease and everybody can be a party to the solution.

Make the call. They can help.

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