Michelle Chalfoun
Aug 27, 2017 · 1 min read

I agree with everything said, but I am again disappointed that substance abuse/drinking wasn’t mentioned — because these problems are often found in insecurely attached adults and seriously muddy the waters of what is acceptable behavior, and whose problem is it to change? This is something I (as a nurse) see family members seriously struggling with, over and over. Do they keep accepting their loved one’s addiction, do they fight against it (with interventions, money thrown at rehabs), do they leave? Support groups help (Al-Anon, for example), but also don’t give out answers. Nowadays, I constantly wonder how to help the families of addicts, as this is one of our biggest relationship challenges.

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