<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Helping should be measured by whether it increases... > Helping should be measured by whether it increases another person's capacity rather than merely relieving the immediate discomfort that keeps the pattern unchanged. Support becomes enabling when the same rescue must be purchased again with the helper's life. **Source:** [[livestreams/Boundaries, Survival, and Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground — Part 2 - Workbook|Boundaries, Survival, and Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground — Part 2]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Helping should be measured by whether it increases another person's capacity rather than merely relieving the immediate discomfort that keeps the pattern unchanged. Support becomes enabling when the same rescue must be purchased again with the helper's life.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-helping-should-measured-purchased-helpers-life ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->