www.HabitDoc.com – CALL (888)-42HABIT (888-224-2248) What are unrealistic expectations of recovering addicts? http It’s very difficult to change the minds of loved ones if they have a predetermined notion of what behavioral addiction is about. If you want to change their mind, generally speaking, I would suggest that you educate them, and that education may come through formal mental health practioners describing things, or having them read a book, or suggesting an article, or having them talk to somebody they look up to – a physician who can explain this phenomenon in more depth than they have traditionally acquired off the street. But again, I think the biggest danger in not being able to change a loved ones perspective lies in the notion that addiction, whatever type of addiction, is an immorality or a character weakness. Just as bad, even though this may seem controversial, that addiction is simply a disease. It is a much more complex phenomenon when the individual is trying to cope, with all their heart in most cases, with very uncomfortable feelings, and you need to give them credit for it. It’s not that they are weak. In fact they may be quite strong, but they are struggling. If there is anything the family can do, it is have empathy with the individual and their struggle, and see that maybe they won’t understand it, but if they can see the struggle within them, accept that as part of it. It is not simple. It is not a light switch that you can turn off. It is not a …
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