In order to understand addiction it’s important to establish a baseline in defining a disease. A disease is a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant. Especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that…
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Addiction: Hypothesizing the Cause
Let's hypothesize the cause of addiction, after all what causes a person to become an addict. Estimations blame genetics for between 40% and 60% of a person's vulnerability to addiction. OD hypothesizes one predominating factor behind why a person gets hooked on drugs. In our opinion addiction is the result of internalizing a false narrative as a personal truth or norm.
Drug Education: The OD Project
This post is taken from an email being sent to school principles to introduce them to our proposed drug curriculum and extend an invitation for them to be a part of the pilot project. Please message any suggestions you might have on the project to us!
Rock Bottom: Here’s Why it’s Bullshit
Claiming an addict can’t/won’t get help until they hit rock bottom implies that use is not a problem until a person reaches rock bottom. Most everyone has this preconceived notion that a drug addict is some homeless poor miserable soul with no family who lives under a bridge, I know that’s what I thought, it’s a false narrative that’s the byproduct of preaching rock bottom as a necessity to being a drug addict.
Jen Elizabeth & Shape of a Woman
Feminism is a central theme in this piece of work. After all, the book is titled Shape of a Woman and it’s the redemption song of a self-proclaimed female misogynist so how could it not be? Jen Elizabeth’s memoir is so much more than a woman regaining touch with her femininity as the title implies.