Originally Posted by
OnMyWay11 
I think it is the unwillingness to take ownership of what havoc they wrought even after sober.
I suppose this is more precisely what I meant - taking ownership.
Originally Posted by
OnMyWay11 I speak as someone who is not addicted, so it might be a perspective I do not fully understand, but once they are sober, how can they not look at the devastation and know they caused it?
I also think they KNOW even when using it is not an innocent act. JMHO
Oh, they certainly know, at least on some level, but it is far easier to consider oneself a victim of circumstances, whether internal or external.