This Is What Your Addicted Loved One Feels #addictionrecovery #gettingsober #sobercurious

I just want you to stop and think for a second. Now I want you to imagine your loved one is running on this treadmill, juggling knives, and maybe even balancing a plate on their nose all at the same time, 24/7. And they're also, if they're still functional, they're also going to work or trying to take care of kids or the other things that are involved. And now all of a sudden, you with your boundaries is throwing one more difficulty in their way. And a lot of times with boundaries, it's just shift in some kind of norm. It's like, I'm not going to be doing this anymore, or you're going to have to handle this part from now on. And so they're barely keeping their head above water. In fact, they're really not consistently keeping their head above water. Like they're floundering, they're drowning already. And now all of a sudden you're throwing something that's making it harder. And I'm not telling you that to make you feel guilty. I'm telling you that just to help you understand