How to Support Someone During Drug Treatment ?

There is support not only for the one addicted to drugs but for his family as well.  Take full advantage of this because, as you already know, you feel isolated and like no one else understands what you are going through.  There are support groups out there, though, that are filled with family members who know your frustration, your fears, your stress and by supporting each other and talking things out you are helping yourselves and in the long run, helping even more the one you love who is seeking drug rehabilitation.

Do not condemn your loved one.  Yes, you have stress yourself going on but you also need to be encouraging your loved one.  He is taking the steps now to get clean.  Family counseling during his drug treatment will help you all to better understand the choices made and the new path to be taken.  Listen to the counselors.  They are there to help all of you, the one in drug treatment and you, the family members as well. 

As your loved one goes through drug treatment, you will more than likely be advised on how to act when he comes out of treatment as well.  While he is adjusting to every day life again, try to keep the stressors of that life clear of him as much as possible.  Make sure he is in aftercare and that you are all in support groups.  Set up a time frame in which you will be the one taking care of the finances, the stresses and such for a period of time that he will need to adjust without fear of a relapse.