A lot of us do consider thinking outside the box. There are those of us who may be going through an addiction right now and no one may even know about it. But you have to really think about this. Going through an addiction is not something that is faced by the immediate person, but it is also faced by those around the person with the addiction. There are those of who around the person with the addiction every single day and we may wonder how it is possible to help this person out. Well there are a number of things that you can do, but you need to keep a few things in mind. The main thing to remember is that you, yourself, cannot force the person to stop the addiction. It is just not possible, nor is it the safe way of combating the problem. You need help and you need advice to get this started.