Research Paper On Homlessness

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It's actually pathetic that with health care systems to be so advanced that the disease of chemical dependency is not even taken a fraction seriously of what it should be. Over 570,000 people die each year from this disease. Out of the world's population it's only found that roughly 240 million people suffer from this most prominently genetic dysfunction, most prominently in the midbrain dopamine receptor. In no way shape or form am I ashamed about having to deal with my own journey fighting this disease allong side depression and anxiety. But yet again I don't feel anything besides greatful for my past and dealing with unpleasant positions like being put in institutions several times to suicide attempts to being homless. Even though for me it took me 3 trips to rehabilitation centres to finally work on myself and be clean for the longest consecutive time in my life. …show more content…
I'm not really writing this to rant or to throw my life story at you just to spread awareness because it's so sad that we live where it is so socially acceptable to abuse mood altering substances without thinking twice. And this disease affects roughly 1 in 10 so I advise you to be aware of yourself and others because I know without out a doubt more than one people that read this will have the same genetic disorder as me and this is the only disease that will tell you you don't have it so if you find yourself or somone trying to purswade you that they are not, they are. But today it's crazy the amount of gratitude I have for living clean and I feel the most amazing I can remember feeling and everything else has been treated so now I

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