Proper treatment plans and rehabilitation programs are essential to treat your addicted loved one. Regardless of the level of drug and substance dependency, taking 12 necessary steps would help your addicted family member and your entire family. 

1. 1. Educating Yourself About Addiction

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Educating yourself about addiction is the first thing you would do if you found out that your family member is experiencing from any form of addiction. Start from reading the scientific definition of addiction. Then research the signs and symptoms that your loved one may have or might do soon. You might also seek the underlying causes of engaging in addiction. By knowing enough information about it, you can make the right judgments and actions towards your addicted family member.  

1. 2. Establish a Healthy Home Environment

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At first, it may be hard to live with a drug and/or substance abuser. Anger, guilt, and sadness are the typical reactions that to might fee towards your intoxicated family member. But, do not let these feelings take over you. You must establish a healthy home environment not only for the affected member but also for yourself and other supporting members. In this way, you can gain the trust of the abuser and respond with you.  

1. 3. Talk to Your Addicted Loved One

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Talking about the situation to your addicted loved one may help him/her to be aware of the adverse effects of addiction. Once he admits about his/her condition, you can ask if he/she wants to seek rehabilitation programs. But if your loved one still feels resentful and in-denial with his/her state, you can express a deep yet firm decision about the required help that he/she needs to undergo.  

1. 4. Gather the Closest People of Your Addicted Loved One 

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If your addicted loved one is still in-denial with his/her situation, you can call other people that are close to the drug and/or substance abuser. It might be his/her parents, siblings, or friends. The important thing about this is to let your loved one know and feel that many people are concern about them and willing to support them.  

1. 5. Seek Professional Advice

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Seeking the professional advice of a drug and substance abuse expert helps you to know the best intervention plan that your addicted loved one can undergo. It lessens your worries and fear of staging an intervention. 

1. 7. Choosing a Treatment Center

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There are times when your addicted loved one would try to manipulate your mind about rehabilitating him/her to a treatment center. Before this happens, you have to make sure that you already setup intervention plans with your chosen treatment facility. In this way, your loved one would be obliged to receive medication and attend treatment sessions. 

1. 8. Don’t Enable Your Addicted Loved One

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Offering help and enabling are two different things. Enabling a family member means granting your addicted family member’s wishes that can put both of you in danger. It may seem harsh, but this is the right thing to do if you want to provide real help. 

1. 9. Set Limitations for Yourself and Your Family

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Once your intoxicated loved one start on his/her treatment plan, you have to set limitations for you and the rest of the supporting family members. Create specific boundaries that you and your family will stick up until your addicted loved one will be in full recovery condition. 

1. 9. Attend Support Groups

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Addiction also affects the people around the addicted person. To prevent emotional feelings towards your loved one and current situation, attending support groups is the best option for you and your supporting family members. They have counseling sessions and different activities that boost your feelings and perspective. 

1. 10. Always Be There for Your Addicted Loved One

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Providing continuous support to your addicted loved one helps in achieving a speedy recovery. Your chosen treatment center would offer also offer a post-recovery plan that is essential for your loved one’s condition. 

1. 11. Stop Blaming Yourself

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There are cases when intoxicated people tend to harm their families. They might yell, hurt, or make you feel unappreciated despite the help that you are offering with them. But don’t take it personally as you know that addiction affects the mental and emotional state of your loved one. 

1. 12. Continue to Live Up Your Life

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Aside from attending support groups, you can continue to live your life normally. It may include your usual routines and activities with your friends, colleagues, and community. You don’t need to solely focus on your addicted loved one, as you know that he/she is receiving proper treatment care.