03/11/2022
I cannot express this enoughā¦. Itās the on going battle no matter what. I love ALL the WARRIORS!!
THESE ARE MY PEOPLE!!! I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM!!
Did you know that addiction (substance use disorder) is classified in the DSM-5? Itās a mental illness that lives in the brain stem: the same brain stem that serves a critical role in regulating certain involuntary actions of the body, including heartbeat and breathing. Addicts feel that they need their drug of choice (DOC) the same way they feel they need to breathe.
Did you know that our society treats addiction as a moral issue and pawns it off on law enforcement to ācontrolā? The average stay in jail being 365 days or less. Where addicts are left to detox ALONE!?
Did you know the detox process can be violent and result in death if not monitored by medical professionals?
Did you know the addict is many times released, and at that time, their serotonin levels are at their lowest, leading to a high crime rate and a higher chance in relapse. Itās a pun to say that this is criminal but thatās exactly what this really is ....criminal.
It takes an average of 14-16 months of sobriety for an addictās brain to balance serotonin levels to that of a neuro-typical brain. Did you know that most insurances will only pay for 30 days of treatment for an addict? Most times youāre lucky to get even 14 days!
Please get mad about that. Iām begging you ...get mad about that.
Did you know that 136 people die everyday from opioid overdose? Thatās one person every 10.58 minutes. By the time youāre done reading and processing this post, someone will have died from an opioid overdose.
Someoneās child.
Someoneās spouse.
Someoneās parent.
Someoneās brother/sister.
Someoneās friend.
Someoneās aunt/uncle.
Let that sink in.
Did you know that the two biggest factors that āmakeā an addict are
(1) Genetic Predisposition and (2) Childhood trauma. Thereās not that āone hitā or that āone decisionā that will make an addict. You never really know who is or is not an addict before they ever even pick up. Itās NOT a moral problem. I repeat, addiction is NOT A MORAL PROBLEM.
Just for a minute letās take this in a little bit of a different direction. Did you know that the BRCA gene for breast cancer has a 5-10% genetic predisposition rate? People every day undergo testing and life changing surgeries to avoid it but addiction genetic predisposition is over 50%.
O V E R 5 0 %. Let that sink in.
You still think addiction is a moral problem? A parenting problem?
Too bad there isnāt a surgery to remove addiction huh ?
If thereās one thing an addict would sayā¦.itās that theyāre still in there. The person that you knew and loved is still in there.
They are not their disease.
THEY ARE NOT THEIR DISEASE.
Addiction is a disease. Much like diabetes. It has to be monitored everyday. For the rest of their lives. And itās HARD. It takes support and unrelenting diligence. Like cancer in that it can always reoccur.
The blaming needs to stop. We need to do better.
The paradigm needs to change.
Insurance benefits needs to change.
Public awareness needs to change.
Services NEED to be available
Period.
The next time you hear someone say ā they have a choice ā or you hear others refer to addicts as ā a junkieā start by educating them because that really is how this works.
You can make a difference you can change things. It starts with educating yourself and then ļæ¼spreading that knowledge one person at a time. Please I beg you join me in this.
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