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How to love a friend through addiction without losing yourself

My best friend since high school is struggling with addiction and I've tried everything to help but I'm watching her destroy her life and it's destroying me too.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Loving someone with addiction requires learning the difference between support and enablement, presence and rescue.

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