Doing What “Works”
Why do drunks keep on drinking? In Life Strategies, Dr. Phil McGraw explains that we continue to engage in self-destructive behavior because it “works” for us, meaning it gives us some sort of payoff. At some conscious level, we may know that our behavior isn't really working, or causes pain, but we must be getting some payoff or we “wouldn't do what [we] do or accept what [we] accept.”[8]
[8] Phil McGraw, Life Strategies, Hyperion, 1999, 93.
Drunks stay drunks because it works for them. Their desire to drink can make them oblivious to the pain it causes other people, or let them breeze right by it on the way to the bar. Their “personal problem” is their own fault, and they're responsible for it, but they're not alone. Other ...
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