This morning I noticed something, and it didn't really upset me, it just confirmed what I've been told over and over.. and what I thought I've seen in the past.
I was skimming through the posts here, in the recovery forum.. just like I do almost every morning. I realized... there is a huge difference when someone starts a thread about their alcoholism,, or if they start a thread about their drug addiction.
It's in the posts,, I don't have to explain myself, just look. An alcoholic can be "thanked" numerous times for sharing their story,, and a drug addict might get thanked a few times for sharing.
What's the difference? As nurses is it really THAT much worse to be a drug addict than it is an alcoholic? Obviously, it seems so. This may be unintended, but it is a reaction non the less.
I don't know why it makes me twinge a little with anger. What should I care if people look farther down on drug addicts than alcoholics? I don't really care. I could care less what a person, who is uneducated about addiction thinks about me. I say that because the educated do not look down or think any worse of the drug addict than the alcoholic. And here's why... IT'S THE SAME THING. Once you are educated in both,, you understand.
