When Someone You Love Has Addiction: Support for the People Carrying the Weight Too
Loving someone with addiction can feel like living in survival mode.
You may find yourself:
constantly waiting for the next phone call
checking their location, their tone, their behavior
trying to predict whether today will be a good day or a crisis
And somewhere along the way… your own nervous system starts changing too.
You become hypervigilant.
Emotionally exhausted.
Unable to relax.
You may feel like your entire life revolves around whether they’re okay.
And the hardest part?
Many people around you don’t fully understand what you’re carrying.