Right, and I have a bridge I’d like to sell you in California.
Comment:
https://www.familiesanonymous.org/imag/data/5003%202%20About%20Drug%20Abuse%2006%202012.pdf
Say you have a kid who goes up North as I did and he learns of the pain he causes his mom. He’s also offered a solution and sees it working in other addicts who are doing the work, changing and staying recovered. Then let’s say he decides to come home and relapse when he begins to feel some RID (restlessness, irritability, discontent) instead of pushing through and doing the work, but all the while knowing of the pain he will cause you. He is choosing to do the wrong thing and in my view, that is a moral/spiritual issue.
By the way, you are the best. Thanks for writing as you do, and sending the link.
Also, if moral/spiritual action works so well to get us better, it sort of implies we have a problem in that department 😉 Said another way, if our problem is spiritual, so must be our solution.
Saw this comment on another blog. Presented (almost) without comment:
“Some cases of ‘addiction’ are actually attempts to replace what is naturally missing in their bodies. In the case of opiate addiction, some, not all, are using it for legitimate mental health treatment. While I do not advocate taking illicit substances to solve this, there exists a growing mountain of evidence supporting the notion that a lack of endogenous opioids inside of our bodies can lead to many illnesses, including depression. While not necessarily the case and knowing nothing of your situation, if your child has been suffering from depression for some time it may be worth looking in to.”
“…using it for legitimate mental health treatment”???????????
“…legitimate”??????????
Wow. Um, yeah, opiates work for depression because they get you high as shit. Are these people serious?
This is probably one of the more insane things I’ve ever read in my life, but I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that doctors are now telling you that our brains actually need prescription opiates organically or constitutionally. Okay folks, I think it may be time to pack it in, as it is now commonly accepted that more opiates serve as a legitimate mental health treatment strategy for people addicted to opiates. What an absolute travesty that this is what we’ve been reduced to in the nanny state of America.
God, please help us…
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I totally get what you are saying. Once we truly recover, the first time, it most definitely becomes a moral issue. The moral issue arises because we KNOW what will happen. After I was clean for 6 months I broke my femur, ankle and both my hands. I was legally allowed to take opioids and people expected me to. Even then trying to take the prescription as prescribed I watched my self begin to fall into old patterns. All it took was my dad to say I was starting to look like I used to and those pills went down the toilet. I had permission. I knew what would happen if I continued to take them. Even if they were “okay” for me to take.