Amber Hollingsworth explains why people in addiction recovery often feel like victims. She describes how self-loathing and mounting problems create a sense of being squeezed by the universe, a pressure that can actually force the change they need.
From their point of view, they're already struggling so much. They already don't like themselves. They already feel like you see the worst in them. Everyone sees the worst in them. The world is against them. And now all of a sudden, this new giant problem that you're handing over. So yeah, they feel a little bit like a victim because life is not going well for them. The way I describe it to my recovery coaching clients, I'm like, yeah, when you're on the wrong path, the universe just starts squeezing on you like a vice, progressively harder and harder and from every single angle until it either kills you or you figure it out to get in the right direction.
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