The Importance of Accountability in Addiction Recovery

For many people, the road of addiction was paved with trauma, misfortunes, broken relationships, and ultimately to the destruction of one’s overall well-being. The recovery process starts with understanding and accepting your past and leads to self-forgiveness. Once you can acknowledge and come to terms with the pains of the past through programs like trauma therapy, you can move forward towards the future.

“You can’t go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis

Taking responsibility and being held accountable is the first step in being an independent adult. These traits are lost through years of addiction and we have to work to regain these skills. Without these skills, we will not be able to hold jobs and relationships: two of the most vital things to maintain happiness. This is why teaching accountability is one of Coalition Recovery’s cornerstone teachings at our drug rehab center in Tampa, Fl. We accomplish this in various ways, but they consist of a variety of educational seminars and exercises.

Connect with Coalition Recovery today. Reach out to our Tampa Bay alcohol and drug rehab center at 888.707.2873 or connect with us online.

What Is Accountability?

Accountability has to do with owning up to mistakes and accepting consequences. For those who struggle with addiction, accountability can also involve regularly checking in with peers, loved ones, or addiction treatment specialists about their experiences in recovery. In order to heal from addiction, it’s vital to accept these mistakes and find a new path forward.

Accountability and Addiction Recovery

There are a number of ways to incorporate accountability into your addiction recovery. These include:

• Attending support group meetings, therapy, group and sessions
• Having a support network to call when each other is triggered or going through a difficult and emotional period
• Asking for guidance when something learned in treatment isn’t sticking
• Using coping mechanism strategies learned in therapy
• Following through with commitments made to others
• Following through with commitments made to yourself
• Acknowledgment of one’s ability to change their future and influence others
• Setting goals and schedules and keeping to them

As you work through a Tampa Bay addiction treatment program, you’ll discover which methods of staying accountable work best for you.

Admitting Faults Takes Courage and Maturity

When bad things happen, you can look at them in two ways: a lesson to learn from and adapt to or a challenge to overcome. When many people begin treatment, they tend to place blame on everyone but themselves. The cornerstone of accountability is not following through on obligations but admitting your own shortcomings when you don’t. This is how we learn and grow.

Learning to admit fault takes bravery but it is a popular lesson taught here at Coalition Recovery. Many times, our guests do not have the full capability to take accountability for their actions and therefore redirect their problems towards something or someone else including their own past. These guests will learn that they must accept the past and learn from it. Once this is done, they can move onward and take responsibility for what happens to them.

You can continue to believe you are constantly being dealt a bad hand, or you can take the initiative and change how you perceive the world and yourself. What many people learn is that once they start to become accountable for the things that happen in their lives (both good and bad), they mature and grow as strong and independent individuals. Accountability has a domino effect: once you start to hold yourself accountable, you begin to follow through with commitments and obligations leading yourself to maintain purpose and drive.

Connect With Coalition Recovery

Coalition Recovery’s Tampa Bay addiction treatment programs incorporate accountability and support into every aspect of treatment. Reach out to our team today at 888.707.2873 or contact us online to learn more.