How to support the person who stopped using GLP-1?

I keep thinking about this and wanted to ask people who’ve actually lived it.

You know the usual story:

Someone starts a GLP-1, weight finally goes down, clothes fit, people notice. For the first time in a long while they feel like, “Okay, this worked. I’m finally getting somewhere.”

Then they stop using it.

Sometimes it’s because of money, sometimes side effects, sometimes they just don’t want to be on a medication forever. And then - sometimes hunger comes back, brutal AF, often cravings hit harder then before, and the worst part - the scale starts creeping up again, often way faster than after a regular dieting yo-yo.

I’m not anti-GLP-1 at all. They clearly help a lot of people, and the access/price issue is a whole separate discussion.

What I’m worried about is this “after” phase that really few people talks about.

I get it, we’re all hunting for a magic fix. GLP-1 kind of feels like that for a lot of people. But the thing is: it doesn’t actually teach you how to eat in a way you can stick to when the shots stop. It doesn’t build habits, skills, or a new relationship with food by itself. And then it turns into a loop.

My question is:

If you’ve been that person yourself, and went through this loop or going through GLP-1 course now – what did you need from people around you? What was helpful, and what made it worse?

And also, has anyone successfully moved from “med helped me lose weight” to “I can now maintain it more or less” without constantly bouncing back? What made that possible - therapy, nutrition help, specific routines, something else?