You're not alone
in this either.
When someone you love has an addiction, you need support too. This page is for you.
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Supporter fellowships
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Crisis support
What addiction does
to families
Addiction reshapes everyone around it. Recognising these patterns is the first step toward your own healing.
Denial
They may not see the problem. That doesn't mean you can't. Supporters often recognise addiction before the person does.
Enabling
Covering debts, making excuses, shielding from consequences — well-intentioned actions that sustain the cycle.
Codependency
Your life starts revolving around theirs. When supporting someone becomes your entire identity, you both lose.
Burnout
The physical and emotional toll of constant worry. You cannot pour from an empty cup.
Addiction is a family disease. One person may use, but the whole family suffers. Recovery should work the same way.
What works.
What doesn't.
What helps
What doesn't
Professional support helps you set boundaries and process your own pain.
Warning signs
For supporters
Know someone
who needs
someone?
Sign up as a supporter and invite them. You'll get a quiet dashboard with signals — never secrets — that tells you they're okay, or that they might need a call.
Sponsor
You've walked the path. Now guide someone through theirs.
Friend
You chose to stand beside them. This gives you a way to.
Family
You never stopped hoping. Now you have a way to help.
You won't police them. You won't watch them. You'll just be there — and they'll know it.
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These fellowships exist for people in your position. Pick a category to find meetings, step programmes, and community — worldwide.
“You didn't cause it. You can't cure it. You can't control it.”— Al-Anon
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talk to
Free, confidential support. You don't need to be in crisis to call.
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“I used to lie awake wondering if he was okay. Now I check the dashboard — green light — and I can actually sleep.”
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With you,
everywhere.
Check-ins, protection, crisis support, community — in your pocket and always on.
They don't have to
do this alone.
Sign up as a supporter. You'll get a simple dashboard with signals — never secrets — that tells you they're okay.
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