An anonymous current or former addict
That there is hope. The AMA, pharma, countless rehabs halfway houses, outpatient programs and insurance companies are stealing the right to recovery from their clients. Recovery does not have to be impossible, relapse is not necessary, one does not need to acquire a trigger list and avoid these things at all costs, drugs cannot treat drug addiction. No one has to shelter themselves from everyday life, to stay off drugs. Hope and the power of purpose is all anyone needs.
I hope America decides to look at results of alternative treatment. Rather then dumping more money and creating more beds for a solution with recovery rates in the single digits. There are great programs that are underfunded and cannot receive insurance that have 50-90 percent recovery rates. This is recovery not maintenance. It is freedom from addiction, freedom that does not require a person to avoid people places and things, one that does not need you to attend a meeting every day like your life is dependent upon it. Freedom that is offered "freely."