STUPID SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRICKS
If there is any topic with which I have both learning and practical experience it is substance abuse, the "family disease".
I say this in sympathy and having been the stupid one myself a time or two: the stupidest substance abuse- related tricks are often done by the sober people around the abuser. Just a small pot pouri: hide the bottles, banish his friends, have him talk to his favorite uncle, pay his damage to make the claim go away, kick him out of the house and then let him come back because he's sick, broke or injured (almost always relating back to the abuse).
This is not a plea for uniform "tough love". It's a plea for all of us enablers to THINK before we do stuff and agree to stuff.
posted by UMRBlog @ 09:50
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2 Comments:
I'm not sure if this relates to your post exactly, but ...
What about health care for those that abuse substances? What about another knee replacement on the public dole, for the obese and unemployed?
Of course drug abuse is a little different than food or laziness, but there are many addictive behaviors that government seems to enable.
If family doesn't handle these problems in some way, it often soon becomes an expensive government issue.
Maybe care from any source should be in the form of a debit card that will only buy real food items and provide medicine. And instead of handouts, perhaps money could be earned, or training provided?
It is not an easy issue. Training kids at home is a good start I suppose, and not counting on the school system to teach personal responsibility.
Tough love" does seem to make sense though.
0907,
Good Parallel comment and topical...although I do contend substance abuse is different in kind.
TYFCB
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