There are many people every year who go though some kind of recovery program to help them get off of an escape behavior.  Some are successful while other are not. Here is a list of some things persons can do to sabotage their recovery.

 1. Hang around with the same crowd.

 2. Complying instead of surrendering.

 3. Phoniness - ”Talking the talk-but not walking the walk.”

 4. Discontinuance of training.

 5. Self-pity instead of owning

      responsibility.

 6. Exaggeration of problems.

 7. Lack of discipline.

 8. Doing it “my way.”

 9. Making excuses.

10. Making justifications for using destructive behaviors.

11. Wanting too much too soon - impatience.

12. Neglecting your health - poor eating and sleeping patterns and not enough

      adequate exercise.

 13. Not having boundaries (inability to say no).

14. Allowing emotions to build instead of processing events.

15. Refusing to do whatever it takes to be successful at recovery.

These are just a few examples of ways to sabotage recovery.  Fortunately, all of these habits can be successfully broken with the proper training, effort, and motivation. 

Gary Washer