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When helping someone might be harming them

My son is addicted to heroin and I do not know if helping him is keeping him alive or keeping him sick.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Addiction transforms every act of care into a potential enablement, making love itself feel dangerous and counterproductive.

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