They also need to accept the hard parts about going through recovery like lifelong compliance to the medications and other lifestyle adjustments that come long with it.

That's so true and I experienced it first hand caring of my dad. It took us a while to get him into accepting the hard steps and lifestyle adjustment that he needed to get through.

My dad is diagnosed with Alzheimer's and it's really nice to see he's improving and isn't quite senile anymore. There were moments where it was challenging but my mom is a great care take so that helps in his illness management. I mean I am not sure it's curable at this point but we did our best to manage it.