The problem with therapy is that often the caregivers have the very same affliction and just make it worse for the patient. Go to any drug or alcohol facility and you’ll find the caregivers are eith all ex-drugees or alcoholics or are still suffering from it...
I went with a relative to a Baptist church in Tulsa, last night, for their Celebrate Recovery program, and from what I saw, it didn’t seem that way.
There also was a neighbor that moved in nearby and I found out that she was working at a recovery facility and she was a former drug addict. In just the few weeks that she’s been in the neighborhood, she already zeroed in on a relative (here) that is not doing well “in recovery” and she was able to do more to help (it seemed to me) than we’ve been able to do in a couple of years.
NOW ... here I’m talking about voluntary programs, but I’ve also seen that the “mandated programs” where the person is forced into the program by the legal system, you will see many there who are still doing their drugs right in the middle of the program itself.
But, no one can cut through the drug addicts excises quicker than a former addict who is working with them. That’s what I’ve seen.