When you love someone with an addiction, it is easy to get pulled into invisible roles — rescuer, victim, persecutor, fixer, referee, protector. This post explains the Drama Triangle in simple language and shows how to begin stepping out of the cycle without becoming cold, cruel, or detached.
Why do you keep trying even when you’re exhausted? This post explores the emotional patterns — hope, attachment, identity, and fear — that keep you stuck in a relationship affected by addiction, and where change really begins.
When someone you love is struggling with addiction, helping can feel like the most natural thing in the world. But sometimes the very things done out of love quietly protect the addiction from its consequences. This article explores the difficult truth about “borrowed consequences” — and why constantly rescuing someone may be keeping both of you stuck.
If love and logic were enough, addiction wouldn’t still be here. But addiction doesn’t speak the language of reason or values — it speaks urgency and relief. This piece explores why your best arguments fail, why love isn’t leverage, and why choosing yourself is not cruelty.
When you love someone with an addiction, the line between helping and enabling can feel painfully unclear. This article explores that question without blame or judgement, offering a steadier way to understand care, responsibility, and how to stop carrying more than your share.
