54 - What Real Support Looks Like (Without the Shame of ‘Enabling’)

You’re trying to love someone through addiction and you’re exhausted.

Because helping someone you love should feel good… right?

In this episode, I go deeper on the conversation from Episode 19 and talk about the confusing, messy, emotionally-charged reality of trying to “help” someone impacted by addiction.

You’ll hear:

• How to tell if your “support” is actually costing you your health, peace, or wellbeing
• Why the advice you’re getting from others even well-meaning family might be hurting more than helping
• A powerful mindset shift: stop asking “Am I enabling?” and start asking “Is this healthy for me?”
• Real examples from Amanda and the women inside the Pathway to Wellness program about setting boundaries that are loving and firm
• A compassionate reminder that you don’t have to break yourself to help someone else heal

Amanda shares practical, heart-centred questions to help you move from guilt-ridden guesswork… to grounded clarity.

This episode is for you if:

• You’re walking on eggshells around your partner’s addiction
• You’ve been told you’re “enabling” and you feel shamed or confused
• You want to help… but not at the expense of your own wellbeing

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Let’s Keep Going Together:

🎓 Grab the Discovery to Recovery workshop: get it here

🎧 Binge other helpful episodes:

• Episode 19: Debunking the myth of enabling in addiction
• Episode 43: Why everyone has opinions (and none of them help)
• Episode 35: When You’re Scared to Set the Boundary… Start Here

📩 DM Amanda on Instagram @addictionmakesthree to share what landed

Resources and support:

If you haven’t the Crisis Conversation Guide (What to say and what not to say when addiction takes over) ? Grab it now—it’s free and full of practical scripts to help you say what you mean (even when it’s messy):

👉 Download the guide

You can also book a friendly, no-pressure chat with Amanda and explore what support might look like - without doing this alone, because you know you’ve been trying ‘that way’ for long enough by now.

👉 Book in a friendly chat - Click here to find a time and let's talk about what's possible

Or join the waitlist for Pathway to Wellness, my signature program designed to help you rebuild your life alongside (or beyond) a loved one’s addiction.

You can find your way through this. And you don’t have to do it alone.

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