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Originally Posted by DrPhil
"Intervention" has people thinking that addicts have to look and act a certain way to people who don't see them in intimate settings.
One of the points of addiction is the ability to hide it and suffer in silence. People can be alcoholics for years until it begins to impact their professional lives. Their home lives may have suffered for a long time. An example is bigtime corporate execs and politicians who are celebrated in the public eye--while their families know they use cocaine and drink alcohol everyday. Some call this "functional/recreational use," but I don't believe that anything that you "need" is "functional/recreational use."
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DrPhil, thanks for posting this. This is really interesting and it's amazing how society can make people believe things that aren't necessarily true. Sad, but true. It's like whatever is socially acceptable is o.k.
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