In order to support a recovering behavioral addict, the family needs to understand that they need to pull back and give the person that's working on their behavior the time and the space to go to meetings, to go to treatment, to go do homework, to go and take on things at, perhaps, their own pace, to not necessarily expect them to finish a treatment program and go back to work the first day, and to not necessarily see that they (meaning the family) are innocent and have no ability to contribute.

Generally speaking a formal intervention is always done by a professional.

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