By Genavee Brown
Attempts have been made to come up with rules of phone etiquette during face-to-face interactions. But why do these devices that are meant to connect us when we’re far apart seem to cause so much division when we’re close together?
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Addiction, whether to drugs or other behaviors . . . is always a compensation for the sense of being devalued as a human being.
What if we replaced the word "addict" with: “A human being who suffered so much that he or she finds in drugs or some other behavior a temporary escape from that suffering"?
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There are legitimate uses of opioids in the treatment of physical pain. There is no legitimate use in the treatment of emotional pain.
Trauma is about broken connections. Connection is broken with the body/self, family, friends, community, nature, and spirit.