While many family members feel as though they should be able to detect the signs of addiction, and should be able to devise a strategy to combat it once they are aware of it, they are not. As a parent, loving family member, or friend you will always have two strikes against you during every conversation you have with the addicted individual you love.
Strike one:
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Key ideas in this chapter
- How families are vulnerable to manipulation
- The two strikes against families in conversations
- Addiction as an alien parasite controlling the family
- How manipulation skills outlast addiction
- The campfire metaphor for addiction resources
"You will always have two strikes against you during every conversation you have with the addicted individual you love."