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“We must become the change we want to see.” Mahatma Gandhi
Top Ten Reasons for Change Resistance, Rebellion or Objection.
In alcoholics, addicts or co-dependents these may be deliberate or subconscious – part of the denial syndrome.
- THE RISK OF CHANGE IS SEEN AS GREATER THAN THE RISK OF STANDING STILL
- PEOPLE FEEL CONNECTED TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE IDENTIFIED WITH THE OLD WAY
- PEOPLE HAVE NO ROLE MODELS FOR THE NEW ACTIVITY
- PEOPLE FEAR THEY LACK THE COMPETENCE TO CHANGE
- PEOPLE FEEL OVERLOADED AND OVERWHELMED
- PEOPLE HAVE A HEALTHY SKEPTICISM AND WANT TO BE SURE NEW IDEAS ARE SOUND
- PEOPLE FEAR HIDDEN AGENDAS AMONG WOULD-BE REFORMERS
- PEOPLE FEEL THE PROPOSED CHANGE THREATENS THEIR NOTIONS OF THEMSELVES
- PEOPLE ANTICIPATE A LOSS OF STATUS OR QUALITY OF LIFE
- PEOPLE GENUINELY BELIEVE THAT THE PROPOSED CHANGE IS A BAD IDEA
- change is good
- change is inevitable
- change scares people
- the only constant in life is change.
Victorian Dual Diagnosis Initiative
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