“My 1st husband said that hard-drug use was eventually a self-cancelling problem-he first said that around 1974-I agreed then and I still agree. You can’t save everyone from themselves-it is not possible-some people seem to be born self-destructive”
But they do a lot of harm to others along the way.
They can, unless they are held to account for their behavior by relatives, friends, etc while they are still self aware. At that point, most can be persuaded to self-commit or be committed by a family member to rehab-tough thing to do when someone you care for is threatening, pleading, crying etc, but it is the last chance that person has. If that is not successful, then their loved ones have done all that is possible and need to turn off the enabling-like I said, you can’t save everyone...
I’m speaking professionally-as a case manager-but I’ve also seen this in my own family a couple of times-no family is immune...