When advice is given from an external source without being asked for, the chances that recommendations will be followed is much less than if internally meaningful reasons are developed. If the practitioner gives unsolicited advice that works, recovery may be linked to the practitioner (external motivator) and may lapse if the practitioner does not continue to be available at the same level of intensity over time. If the practitioner gives unsolicited advice that doesn’t work, it is easier for the client to fail to own greater personal responsibility for their recovery, as the lack of progress can be blamed on the inadequacy of the external motivator.