Jasmine2011

Is it normal for an addict to think they're not addicted?

LifeRecovery

In my opinion yes it is. It is part of the nature of the disease.

I think it was part of my issue that I thought I could help him get better also.

dollydo

Yes, part of the disease.

Seren

.....and to do everything they can, while in active addiction, to make those around them feel crazy and off balance. Anything to protect the addiction.

Justfor1

For most addicts in the beginning stages of addiction they do tend to minimize and deny the extent of using. However, as the disease progresses most addicts know they are addicted. At this point hopelessness sets in and they stop caring.

outtolunch

Denial that we are powerless is common stuff.

We codependents wrote the book on it.

We fool ourselves into believing the fantasy that we have control over other people's choices. The more we obsess over other people's choices and try to fix them, the less control we have over the one and only person we do control, ourselves.

shawty80

my xabf is sure convinced he has no problem, even after inpatient detox and almost four months of sobriety and nightly aa meetings. and, to be honest, after everything i saw, and everything i chose to go through with him, i am sometimes convinced that i'm the crazy one for thinking he DOES have an addiction. but then i remember, he's one hell of a salesman, and he's trying desperately to make one of the biggest sales of his life. as time goes on, i'm becoming less and less interested in that sale.