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RE: ACE!!! Medical profession starting to catch up with how to understand and talk about Addiction !!
So I am an addict. An old school addict. You either deal with the fact that you use to avoid pain or you keep covering it up by using more. No way around it. Call it what you want to, avoid it if you dare.
I guess a lot of people falter at knowing how to deal with that pain.
There are no shortcuts when learning new methods of coping with life. Emotional pain is difficult to overcome. It is like rewiring the brain to function in a new way. Best of luck to you! 🐓🐓
It does require hard work from anyone trying to overcome addiction, and it's great that there are so many resources at hand for people who wish to self-educate on these issues, but it would be better if appropriate structures were in place to systemically address addiction in an appropriate way and in deed not to exasperate addictions through stigmatisation etc.
Can't say I have serious addiction issues myself, no more than an average person (which I would say is certainly not addiction free!!), although everyone has their own work to do.