Video Collection · For Supporters · 4 Videos
How to Show Up for Someone Working to Stay Sober
Short videos for the long, quiet stretch between one sober day and the next.
How this collection works
- Who watches this
- You — the person showing up. These videos aren't for the recipient.
- When
- Before a conversation, when you're not sure what to say. Watch alone, take a beat.
- What each beat is for
- Caption orients you before watching. Takeaway is the line to hold onto. Reflection questions turn watching into a small decision.
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7 Steps to Help Someone With Addiction (Without Enabling Them)
Recovery.com · 8 min
A clinician in recovery on how to support someone you love without crossing the line into enabling.
Takeaway
Lead with compassion, not control: swap 'you have a problem' for 'I'm worried about you,' and treat boundaries as protection for both of you, not punishment.
Reflection
01
Write down one 'you' sentence you tend to say ("you need to stop", "you're ruining this") and rewrite it as an 'I' sentence you'd actually send: "I've noticed... and I'm worried about you."
02
Name one thing you've been doing that might be enabling rather than supporting - covering, fixing, smoothing over - and decide the one boundary you'll hold this week.
03
Text them one open question this week instead of a check-up: ask how they're doing, not whether they're still sober.
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