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Podcast: Busting Addiction and Its Myths
Episode: The greatest barrier is stigma, AKA ignorance
Description: In this episode, I discuss how the myths and stigma associated with alcohol and drug abuse is the greatest barrier to healing at the personal and societal level.The typical myth is that somehow an addiction is a moral failing and that the addict just needs to exert his will power to “get over it.”Some of us need to change the way we think if we are to be truly helpful, that is to see addicts as sick people, not bad people. But not to excuse their actions either. We are not all there yet...