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Health & Fitness > Addiction Helping a friend overcome an addiction

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Sometimes, all you can do is dish out a little tough love. Often, people don't recognize how far they've sunk into addiction, how much they've lost control of their lives… it take's a friend, a TRUE friend, to point it out.

When careful hints and blatant statements don't work, you may try an intervention. Interventions hurt, but can be extremely effective. Pull together family and friends, so each person can explain to your friend how their addiction hurts their daily life and relationships. Try to do this with love, rather than accusation.

Once your friend has recognized th...

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