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Growing up, society taught me that I should not disclose that I am an alcoholic or an addict; that my addiction is something I should be ashamed of. I heard this message every time someone described someone’s behavior to be that of a “crackhead,” every time someone talked about what a “drunk” someone was or called someone a “junkie,” and every time politicians on TV talked about the War on Drugs and promised every addict would be locked away in prisons for life.
I believed in this stigma for most of my life. I thought, as many people still do, that alcoholics were homeless people, living under bridges with nothing but a bottle in a paper bag. That drug addicts were criminals who only knew how to lie, cheat and steal. That is until I became one myself…
It’s because of this stigma that I refused to acknowledge I was…
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i’m an addict, have been most of my life,
will not change,
had three years clean…
This was not me,
so i picked up again,
i’m addict an always will be!
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Thanks for the comment Chris. Chris. I’m going to close comments here. I can’t seem to figure out how to do that in the interface I’m using on my laptop.
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