The Role of Family Support in Addiction Recovery: Tips for Rebuilding Relationships

The Role of Family Support in Addiction Recovery: Tips for Rebuilding Relationships

Having family support in recovery helps to re-establish trust and build relationships and it also promotes a more resilient family unit. The greatest tip for building broken relationships in addiction recovery is for the family and the addict to work together as a unit as this promotes a more robust, more resilient family unit.

Idea tips for rebuilding relationships

• The family needs to hold the addict accountable for their behaviour without enabling destructive behaviours.
• Family members may attend support groups with their loved ones.
• It is also vital for family members to attend their own support groups for families of addicts.
• The family can provide love, understanding and stability to provide certainty for the addicts.
• The family needs to accept that addiction is a disease and the addict would benefit from their help.
• The family needs to show unconditional love to the recovering addict.
• Addiction recovery is a long process which requires patience and encouragement and let them know that you believe in them.
• The family also needs to get the recovering addict the help that they need like counselling or attending support meetings.
• The families also need to attend family support interventions or groups.

The most important tip for building relationships in addiction recovery is that the family do not blame themselves and to know that addiction is not a spectator disease but it requires action from both parties.

Finally creating a supportive and understanding environment is important as this fosters a sense of safety and acceptance for the addict in recovery. The family needs to establish healthy boundaries and clear expectations.

For more tips on rebuilding relationships in addiction recovery, it is vital to contact Crossroads Recovery Centres in Johannesburg and Pretoria as we offer family support zoom meetings online.

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