If others think they can get some use out of an addict's aberrant / harmful behaviors, its much easier for those others to indulge in the same excuse finding an

If others think they can get some use out of an addict's aberrant / harmful behaviors, its much easier for those others to indulge in the same excuse finding and justifications that the addict does. Someone trying to help the addict and point out how they're damaging themselves isn't just threatening the addict's pleasures, then; but possibly the livelihood of the people profiting from the addict. So multiple times as difficult as usual.