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What NOT to Say To Your Addicted Loved One🤐🤐

16 Sept 2022 · 1 min

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A short spoken segment (YouTube video transcript) by Amber Hollingsworth advising family/friends what phrases to avoid when speaking to a loved one with addiction. The speaker warns that urging someone to get help or asking about meetings/counselors triggers defensiveness and is counterproductive.

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I know you're only trying to help, but if you've been saying any of these following statements to your addicted loved one, you have got to stop. You are only making it worse. If you're saying you need to get some help, you can't do this alone. You've got to go to treatment. Have you called your counselor? Did you make your meeting today? If you're saying anything like that, seriously, seriously, you have got to stop. Because all you're doing is hitting their defensiveness button. And when you hit someone's defensiveness button, all they can think about is why. You're all wrong. Marcus, you've got to stop.