Astor Simovitch Law

🚨 FAMILIES: STOP WAITING FOR THE BREAKTHROUGH THAT MAY NEVER COME 🚨
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Every day, we speak with parents who have been suffering for years.
They are waiting. Hoping. Praying.
Hoping their loved one will finally wake up one day and realize they need help.
Hoping this overdose, arrest, psychotic episode, hospitalization, job loss, or broken relationship will finally be the turning point.
Unfortunately, that is often not how addiction and serious mental illness work.
These diseases frequently rob individuals of the ability to recognize the severity of their condition. The disease lies to them. It tells them they are fine. It tells them they don't need treatment. It tells them everyone else is the problem.
Then it lies to the family too.
"Tomorrow."
"I'll stop on my own."
"I don't need help."
"I've got this under control."
Meanwhile, the disease gets stronger.
If your loved one could simply decide to save themselves, they likely would have done so already.
The hard truth is that families often must make the decision their loved one cannot make for themselves.
Because if the family does not act, eventually the state may.
The criminal justice system.
The Baker Act.
The emergency room.
The morgue.
By the time the state takes control, families have often lost the opportunity to influence the outcome.
Failure to act has consequences. Sometimes tragic ones.
If your loved one is suffering from substance use disorder or serious mental illness, don't confuse hope with a plan.
Hope is important.
Action saves lives.