Their fondness for risk and excitement makes them ill-suited to a ‘straight’ lifestyle they would no doubt describe as boring.

Young man wearing handcuffs, sitting back againts a wall, looking angry.The Anti-Social Client

Disrespectful of authority, they provoke and upset those who have it – sometimes for no apparent motive. Their fondness for risk and excitement makes them ill-suited to a ‘straight’ lifestyle they would no doubt describe as boring. Impulsive decision-making translates to the same errors made over and over. And they’re likely to leave a trail of broken promises and fractured commitments.

Can someone like this recover from addiction? Sure. But the course is usually a bit rougher than the average, and requires a greater investment of clinician time and effort.

And of course, patience.


No Comments »

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL


Leave a comment

*


Subscribe to RecoverySI via Email


Top Commenters

24 comments
Joyce Goodale
12 comments
9 comments
8 comments
8 comments

New Content for Addiction Pros


 




RecoverySI on Twitter