Expectations can be tricky, especially in early sobriety, and even later on. After leaving rehab, it’s easy to believe that life will instantly fall into place.
When reality falls short of those expectations, though, it might cause irritation, dissatisfaction, or even a relapse.
Addiction has a way of distorting ideas and impairing clarity of vision. In active addiction, expectations often become unrealistic or totally off-target for reality.
That same kind of thinking could follow a person into recovery, eventually leading to pointless suffering.
Expectation is believed as planned resentment.
