You can receive text and voice message feedback within hours. In times of crisis, support from a licensed clinician with lived experience can be helpful in determining how to move forward, how to stay mentally healthy, and how to best protect everyone involved. Navigating your own life or relationships impacted by addiction: While facing my own battles, I would have loved a place other than my journal to unleash the agonizing details of my situation—someone I could download the insanity to who wasn’t uncomfortable with addiction’s dark world. I also wanted someone with trial-tested wisdom who could teach me things like, setting boundaries with loved ones doesn't mean I don't love them. It is hard to keep going to family or friends who have their own lives, cannot empathize, or are simply weary of listening. We need people in the trenches with us. That is what coaching is, and it can help answer questions like, "Am I making things worse? Is it selfish to think about leaving? What if it never gets better?" Navigating the road to recovery with a loved one: When a loved one is in active addiction, there is a way to help and empower, rather than hurt and enable. One recovered addict described it this way: "My family loved me but didn’t know what to do and their enabling came close to loving me to deat​h. Eventually they engaged a professional to guide them in establishing boundaries and taking care of themselves, and the work they did was crucial in helping me find the willingness to change my life." Navigating detox and all the post-detox recovery options is no simple task, and having an objective, experienced guide can help, especially when the journey is long: it takes an average of FIVE attempts for a person to move from addiction into long-term recovery. For loved ones in denial, interventions can be a useful tool to move them forward in this process. Click on "Interventions" to learn more.