The Addicts Offering of Hope
The Addicts Offering of Hope
The offering of hope is the most commonly used form of manipulation by the alcoholic or drug addict. You as a family member so desperately want to believe in the hope that the problem can and will be fixed that the alcoholic or addict may use that hope against you. It may go something like this; “Yes I screwed up, but it will never happen again. I promise. I can beat this on my own. I don’t need rehab. I’ll go to an outpatient clinic or see a counselor once a week or maybe go to one of those meetings. I’ll see a psychiatrist once a week. You can drug test me every week. I just need to get a job, you can even hold onto my paychecks. I can quit I just need your support. I swear it will not happen again”. The addict or alcoholic will argue with such conviction that you find yourself faltering. He seems so sincere, doesn’t he?
In most cases the offering of hope isn’t an actual offering of recovery or treatment that will handle any of the underlying issues. It is a temporary band aid; an absolute minimal non-intensive solution with no long term gain. If you accept this offering of hope the uncomfortable conversation or confrontation is over… that is until next month or next week when you are in the same situation as you are in right now. Never accept a minimal solution in the hopes that something is better than nothing. The minimal solution or offering of hope has only one motive… to make the intensive long term Drug or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center go away.
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