In my work with people with addiction, be it to drugs, alcohol, or behaviors like gambling or pornography usage, one trait in early recovery often sticks out: the inability to take true responsibility for their actions. Instead, people with addiction often go to what they know best, a collection of cognitive distortions or “thinking errors” that keep them trapped in the cycle of addiction.

Defensive anger is another distortion that rears its head in the addictive mentality. 

Blame is another cognitive distortion that fuels addiction because it gives the person with addiction a sense of entitlement to continue using their drug of choice.  Sam Louie  article