10/07/2025
🧠 July is Mental Illness Awareness Month
📣 Let’s break the stigma — one truth at a time.
Too often, people struggling with both Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) and mental illness are misunderstood, judged, or ignored. This month, we’re setting the record straight.
🔥 Myth: People with SUDs and mental illness are weak or lack willpower.
✅ Fact: SUDs and mental illnesses are medical conditions — not character flaws. They require compassion, professional support, and evidence-based treatment, just like any other health issue.
🔥 Myth: You can’t treat mental illness while someone is still using substances.
✅ Fact: Integrated treatment for co-occurring disorders (mental health + SUD) is essential. Recovery is possible when both are addressed together.
🔥 Myth: Once addicted, always addicted.
✅ Fact: Recovery is possible. Many people live full, healthy lives after treatment and ongoing support.
Let’s create a community where understanding replaces stigma and support replaces silence.
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