now that I know what enabling is..... LOL
Enabling is not letting them suffer the consequences of their actions.
Doing things to help "cushion" their fall.
Anyone else care to share???
- I covered for him, lied, made excuses why he wasn't somewhere he shouldve been.
- I gave him cash in the beginning for cigarettes and gas when he was "out" of money. Later, I wouldn't hand out cash, but would follow him to the store and pay for his gas and cigarettes.
- Always made sure he had something to eat in the beginning, (later made sure there wasn't any groceries in the house so when he wasn't working so it wasn't so comfortable. (An effort to control.))