Originally Posted by
steve137 
do addicts move from person to person looking to find an enabler?
YES, they certainly do.
This is a great frustration for me because I have trying to let my sister hit that infamous rock bottom I keep hearing about, and it doesn't happen.
Why not?
Because she always manages to find another enabler. A new boyfriend who will buy her cigarettes, a new friend who will let her crash on the couch for awhile, a new parental figure who feels sorry for her and gives her a few free meals.
I've done my part. My parents have done their part. We've stopped enabling her. But she's an addict, and she knows how to work the sympathy angle. She keeps finding enablers, and finding them and finding them.
Until and unless she runs out of people willing to enable her, she won't change a thing. And it's easier for her to find an enabler than to change.
So yeah, unfortunately, I think the answer to your question is a resounding yes.