Loving an Addict, Loving Yourself: The Top 10 Survival Tips for Loving Someone with an Addiction

Loving someone who has an addiction problem is like being trapped on a roller-coaster of painful emotions.

You never know what's going to happen from one moment to the next. It can be like living a re-occurring nightmare that you can't wake up from.

The ongoing lies and the broken promises, the constant worry and fear, the dwindling hope that someday things will change.

You know the story...

It's downright exasperating.

Whether the addict in your life is your spouse, partner, parent, child, frie...