No one wants to admit to a failure, especially not in a relationship, so you have to wait for the person to naturally admit a problem on his or her own.
However, making the effort to do so meant admitting a problem, which came more easily to some patients than others.
The first step, anger management, obliges the husband to merely admonish his wife of his concern, essentially encouraging the parties to admit that a problem exists.
Others were afraid to discuss it or admit to a problem due to fear of repercussions (e.g. withdrawal of services, increased supervision and re-referral to a methadone clinic).
"If you want to resolve a problem, first of all you have to admit there's a problem.
They say the first way to treat a problem is to admit the problem exists.
Sabathia made a deliberate decision to admit his problem publicly.
It took Forney over a year to admit she had a problem and get help.
The justification for making results available to somebody was that keeping results confidential would not impact on help-seeking levels; service personnel would continue to avoid admitting to a problem.
For 14 years we fought in court, and we fought an intransigent city administration unwilling to admit there was a problem let alone work toward a solution.
