14 Question Quiz: Am I Enabling My Family Member to Continue Using Drugs or Alcohol?

Use the following quiz to find out if you are enabling someone using drugs or alcohol.

When your family member acts badly because he has been using drugs, do you step in and make excuses for him?

Have you loaned the family member money?

Are there times where you want to confront him about his drug or alcohol use but back down because of what you think his response might be?

Do you try to keep the family peace and avoid conflict with her?

Have there been times where you had to step in and pay for her legal fees?

Have things progressed to a point in the past where you asked him to leave?

Have there been times where you made a threat and said you would walk out but then changed your mind?

Have you spent money bailing her out of jail or paying legal fees?

In your mind, have you given your loved one another chance to straighten up or to do the right thing?

Do you still wrestle with the idea that your family member may not be using drugs or drinking alcohol?

Are there times where you see that your family member may go through a lot of pain from the consequences of using drugs or alcohol - and you step in to rescue him?

Have you called upon your virtue of patience or waiting on God to get through this drug/alcohol problem?

Have you ever used drugs or alcohol with your loved one?

Are there times where you are covering for the family member's responsibilities?

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Quiz Information

The difference between help and enabling is not something taught in school, and if you've never been part of the drug addiction world, then you have had little reason to learn about it. Spending more time finding out about the difference between helping and enabling can be the beginning of taking the right turn at the forked road ahead of you and your loved one.