The guy I’m seeing has a serious benzo addiction what can I do to help him?
My boyfriend (or the guy I’m seeing) recently opened up to me about having a benzo addiction for the past 6–7 years. He told me that this current period is the worst it has ever been — he’s taking way more than before, and his friends have found him passed out multiple times. I’m honestly terrified that one day he’s going to overdose.
I care about him deeply and I want to help, but I also feel really overwhelmed and scared because I don’t know what the “right” thing to do is. Most of his friends distanced themselves because of the addiction, so right now he mostly only has his parents and me.
I wanted to ask:
- Has anyone here been through something similar, either personally or with someone they loved?
- For people who recovered from benzo addiction: what actually helped you? What did the people close to you do that made a positive difference?
I know I can’t “save” him on my own, but I really don’t want to abandon him either. I’m just really worried about him and trying to understand how to handle this in the healthiest and safest way possible.
!!!UPDATE!!! Btw guys he is the first person I’ve met with an addiction so I don’t really know how to deal with it. Neither did I know that staying may enable his addiction. If leaving him is the right thing to do to help him then I will, because I don’t want it to get worse because of me.