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It’s never easy living with a person who has a growing and dangerous dependence for drugs. Our natural first inclination when dealing with this kind of situation is to a) turn a blind eye on it, b) be extremely annoyed or disappointed, or c) plan a rehabilitation program so he or she can kick the habit off. Whatever our choice is, the fact will remain that living with a drug addict can be difficult and even dangerous.

Unfortunately, you can’t force anyone to just kick the habit off. Doing this would only cause conflict, arguments and pain on both your parts. Perhaps the best you can do in is to first understand why he or she is doing it, and you can be surprised at the reasons and motivations behind the act itself. While there are those who do it for the sheer joy that they perceive it brings, there are others who do it because of the overwhelming desire to escape reality.

Understanding the reasons and motivations for doing drugs does not mean that you have to be tolerant of the act. As someone living with a drug addict, you must do your best to discourage him or her in seeking drugs as a primary means of escape. Seek new ways of having fun in order to create a sort of distraction from drug use.

If the addiction is at its critical stages, it will be harder for you to do this alone, as his or her body would have already developed an insatiable craving for the substance. The best you can do in this situation is to help him or her find the initiative to get treatment – a most difficult task, but one that would definitely be worth it all.