Do You Blame Your Addictions on Your Family Members?

Published January 30, 2014

Question by NONAME: Do you blame your addictions on your family members?
I have heard this so many times from alcoholics and addicts – that they believe their families drove them to addiction. Even people in recovery say this! Isn’t the whole problem with an addiction is that it is escape from personal responsibility?

Best answer:

Answer by Baby Firefly
No. I blame them on myself. Those people are in denial.

Answer by Lucifer
I don’t have any. HA HA!!! (but I don’t like when people blame others for their mistakes, or make genetics a factor)

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