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Podcast: From Sobriety To Recovery: An Addiction Recovery Podcast
Episode: Stigmas: Self, societal, and institutional (How what we say determines what we see)
Description: Ep #232 - Stigmas are the driving force behind a lack of empathy in our society. How you talk about yourself, to yourself and others, how society sees others who are different from them, and how our governmental and organizational policies, directives, and laws can subtly, and not so subtly, castigate the already suffering deeper into their isolation, addiction, and mental health quandary.
In this week's episode, I cheerlead the "releasing stigmas" movement [which I may have just made up] and help us all recognize the nuanced ways our language patterns can alienate those who need our help...