I have learned that our self disrespect and disappointment is often our biggest hurdle. Any actual problem we may be facing is usually so minute compared to tackling self acceptance. In the past when I was dealing with my particular vice, I made everything so much worse by my reaction to myself. I finally learned that if I didn't make a mistake, I had to accept that. I had to not let that make me feel even worse. I had to accept I was not perfect. It wasn't until I began doing this that I truly started to "recover". It wasn't like one day I suddenly loved myself, but I just started to slowly accept myself.