Amber Hollingsworth offers practical ways to support someone struggling with addiction. Be a cheerleader, offer help, and expect relapse as part of early recovery. The goal is helping them reach two weeks sober so they feel the benefits and stay committed.
Foreign. You be excited. You say, I'm so proud of you. You say, that's a big sacrifice. What can I do? Support? Can I get alcohol? House, Can I distract you? Whatever. You be the cheerleader and the teammate. But I also want to tell you if this is one of those first few tries of giving it up, he's probably gonna go back to it. If this is like one of those barg I call it and that's okay. What you want is if that person can get sober as many days as possible, like definitely has to be past two weeks. So they start to feel better and their relationships better and their life gets better when they go back and they think to themselves like, I've reset myself, I can drink just a little bit. I'm not going to let get out of control. Cuz that's probably what they'll think. That's what they all do. And their life goes downhill really quickly and the same crap is happening to them. What you want is for them to be able to say, oh, grass was greener over there.
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