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When love becomes enabling and you cannot tell the difference

My brother has been asking me for money for two years and I keep giving it to him even though I know he spends it on drugs, because saying no feels like giving up on him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The line between compassion and enabling often blurs when our need to love collides with another's need to grow.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Agape — unconditional love across traditions?”

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