September has been designated "Recovery Month" by the recovering community NIDA, Faces and Voices of Recovery, etc.).
I think one of the most frustrating things for this advocate and advisor (and recovering addict) is the lack of understanding that health care professionals have regarding substance misuse disorder (formerly called addiction). Why is that? Because they simply don't teach about the disease in training programs...nutsing, medicine, pharmacology, etc. So how in the world can we expect to care for someone with this disease when we don't understand it?
Visit the above sites to get started on understanding Substance Misuse Disorder! Read one article per day for the next 30 days. You'll be surprised how much your attitude will change about the person whose disease is actively killing them!
Keep taking it one day at a time...
Jack
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