Monday, August 7, 2017

Addiction Shaming

Addiction Shaming

Friday morning’s newspaper and television stations carried the sad story of another woman doing drugs in front of a four-year-old. “Police: Woman caught on camera doing drugs as child watched” (August 4).

If a heroin addiction is truly a disease, then why doesn’t the media make a bigger deal out of other people with diseases making poor choices? I wonder if we’ll wake up to headlines: “Morbidly obese man caught eating bacon double cheeseburgers, fries and milkshakes in front of his children” or “Elderly woman on oxygen caught smoking pack of cigarettes in front of grandchildren.”

If addiction is a disease, shaming the addict will not lead them into recovery any more than shaming the obese will lead them into healthy eating and exercise choices.

Letter to the Editor, local Newspaper 

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