Understanding the three C's of addiction recovery is an important part of healing for those who have family members or friends with substance use disorders. 

The three C's of addiction recovery

1. You didn’t cause it
2. You can’t cure it
3. You can’t control it.

What You Can’t Do:

#1 Make them quit.
#2 Do the work of recovery for them.
#3 Accept behavior that violates your boundaries.

What You Can Do

#1 Get educated.
#2 Take care of yourself.
#3 Talk about it.

Meghan Vivo wrote a great article on this in 2015 that really helps identify each of these items in much more detail. The items can be found here "https://www.promises.com/articles/addiction-recovery/3-things-you-can-and-cant-do-to-help-an-addicted-loved-one/"

Click here for important information about families in addiction recovery. If you're looking to learn more about addiction treatment, we've got an extensive post on which treatment is best for drug addiction. It's also incredibly common for recovery addicts to relapse. You can learn more about why people relapse here.