For the loved ones affected by addiction

Does this sound familiar to you?? 5 signs that someone wants you to believe they're getting clean and sober but are still protecting their addiction. 1. They get defensive when you ask about their using. The conversation quickly becomes about how you said it, how controlling you are, or why you’re the problem without any answers to your question. 2. They minimize, hide, or lie about their use. “It was only once.” “I barely used anything.” “I was just having a few drinks, nothing else.” Then you keep finding out there was more to the story. 3. They want you to trust them but resist accountability. They want fewer questions and more freedom, but aren’t willing to show you the steps they’re taking to earn your trust 4. They blame their use on other people or circumstances. Stress, their partner, work, trauma, depression. Even though these may play a role in using, but they become reasons why someone can’t change rather than problems they need help addressing. 5. They protect access to the drug. They keep the same using friends, environments, money access, secrecy, or “just in case” options…even when those things repeatedly put their recovery at risk. Someone you love may genuinely want to get clean but find that it’s not so easy- Recovery is a process that takes accountability, hard work, and a lot of support.