Developed by Intervention Services, Inc., “Intervention – Four Emotions Used by a Substance Abuser to Train Someone to Enable Them.” This very practical article, Intervention – Four Emotions Used by a Substance Abuser to Train Someone to Enable Them, “ discusses four emotions, hope, fear, sympathy and guilt that addicts use to manipulate the people who love them to enable them in their addiction. Addicts are master manipulators and they use the love and care of their parents, family members or friends to support their addictive behavior. In the end, without knowing it, these well meaning people end up enabling their loved one in a addictive life style that will eventually destroy them. Uploaded 1/14