I chose this topic mainly because of the passion I have for recovery in addiction. Addiction is a cunning, powerful illness that affects not only the individual as well but also family, friends and employers. There is an inequality when it comes to treatment centers. Government funded treatment centers available to the public usually have waiting periods. When I finally had a moment of clarity and decided I needed to change my life or I was going to die, the treatment center I contacted had a three-month waiting list. If I had the financial options to go to a treatment center usually costing 40,000 + I could have been admitted within the same week. Being involved working in treatment centers throughout Canada Every Wednesday and Saturday evening I would go with 2-3 other sober individuals to share my experience strength and hope. Sharing my story with others struggling with addiction created a safe atmosphere hoping to transmit something that they could identify with. One reason I have such a passion for doing this and going to treatment centers is because I know how powerful it was for me to hear somebody share exactly the way I thought, and acted. I carried a lot of
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Through my experience before and after working with those struggling with addiction I have come to realize how this “just world” impacts those struggling with addiction. One individual that I would speak with before and after the group interaction would tell me about the guilt shame and remorse he carried. He describe to me that he felt this was his life and that it was all that he ever knew. He grew up in a family of drug addicts, he had done many things he was not proud of and he believes this is the only life available for himself. That he deserves what he has been given. I find this sad and disturbing because I can identify with that feeling. The just world belief somehow reinforces that we get what we
Through my experience before and after working with those struggling with addiction I have come to realize how this “just world” impacts those struggling with addiction. One individual that I would speak with before and after the group interaction would tell me about the guilt shame and remorse he carried. He describe to me that he felt this was his life and that it was all that he ever knew. He grew up in a family of drug addicts, he had done many things he was not proud of and he believes this is the only life available for himself. That he deserves what he has been given. I find this sad and disturbing because I can identify with that feeling. The just world belief somehow reinforces that we get what we