One key part of beating addiction to drugs or alcohol is taking responsibility for your actions. This is a big deal, and it’s not something everyone can do right away. But when men in our rehab and outpatient programs start understanding what it means to take control of their addictions, they begin to see how this idea can change their lives.
Avisa Recovery believes in owning up to your addiction and how it affected you and your loved ones. We help with personal growth, individual coaching, and being part of a community. Avisa Recovery teaches the values of being a strong individual and how getting sober can make good things happen in your life.
What Taking Responsibility Really Means?
Taking responsibility is like stepping up and admitting your actions.
In the context of fighting drug or alcohol addiction, it’s about admitting that the choices you made led to the addiction. Sometimes, guys in our outpatient program realize they’ve been blaming others or things around them for their addictions.
While other things might have played a part, deciding to start drinking or using drugs—unless a doctor said so—is mostly your choice.
Once you admit what you’ve done and take responsibility for it, you also have to make better choices going forward. If you don’t do that, you’ll keep having problems and making excuses. You’ll still feel like life is out of your control. But when you stop blaming outside things, you take back your power to find solutions.
From Blaming to Taking Charge
In our outpatient program, we help guys understand that when they stop blaming and start owning up, they’re not just taking control of their problems, but they’re also making positive changes happen.
They see that they’re in control of their own life and they have to choose their next step
Will they move forward or go back? Will they think before they act? What can they do to avoid the stuff that makes them want to use? What small things can they do for themselves each day?
With every choice they make and everything they do, they can decide to take responsibility for what happens next.
When a guy fully takes control of his life, decisions, thoughts, and actions, he’s saying he knows his own power. Taking control helps men realize they have some say in how their life goes, and that power comes from themselves.
JOINING A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY
Being Part of a Group
But remember, taking control doesn’t mean doing everything alone. Our outpatient program lets guys talk to each other, support each other, and be part of a community where they can trust and connect with other guys.
Starting Recovery at Avisa
Addiction isn’t something to be ashamed of—it’s a tough problem that comes from the past, affects the present, and can mess up the future. Whether you’re struggling with too much drinking or the long-term effects of using drugs, which can really hurt your body and mind, Avisa Recovery is here to help you fight addiction and become the kind of guy you want to be! Contact us today, and let’s take charge of your addiction together.
