Why Relapse Doesn't Have to Destroy You #addictionrecovery #addictionhelp

And if you're really honest with yourself and you understand that we're in the bargaining process, you're not going to be completely on empty every time it doesn't work. In fact, if you really follow my work and you really understand the philosophy behind how to get this person that you love to see that there's an addiction and to conquer this problem, you might actually feel kind of jazzed up when it doesn't work, right? When they fall off the cliff, not because you want them to suffer, but because you're trying to get them to see the depth of the problem. And when you can look at it that way, you do have more emotional reserves because it doesn't devastate you when that happens, because you have a realistic look at how this process is going to work. You don't have to be the judge of their honesty and their genuineness. All you have to do is be the owner of your own boundaries and your own emotional reserves.