Name the impact without exaggerating it
Describe who had to wait, worry, redo work, spend money, or make a choice with incomplete information. For a message about how to support someone with gaming addiction, use this factual base: use the person's own language for recovery, name the practical concern, and distinguish a lapse from what you do not know.
Make repair practical
Offer the repair you can actually complete, with ownership, timing, and any limit stated honestly. Offer a specific sober or practical support option and encourage connection with qualified help. Make the immediate next step clear enough that the recipient can answer without reconstructing the entire history.
Let future behavior carry the proof
Do not shame, bargain, lend money without limits, or make your relationship the reward for recovery. For overdose, dangerous withdrawal, suicidal intent, violence, or immediate risk, contact emergency or crisis services now. A promise inside a message is weaker than a visible change in what you do after it.