To those with substance use disorder-
You see the faces of your loved ones when you use or relapse and you translate that look on their face as shame. Because you feel shame.
But it’s not that. It’s fear. We are gripped with mortal fear that you will die from substance use disorder.
We want to understand it as a disease. But it’s hard because it is so different from our usual definition of disease. We are not tempted to throw cancer patients out the door because we’ve had enough.
When you steal from us, we struggle not to be … Read more...