Do you know someone struggling with addiction?

Helena Paivinen, a reformed addict, pens a regular Kamloops This Week column on the subject.

Her comments are directed to the substance abuser but as friends/family of an addict, how do we get through to the person? Or is it a case of them having to hit rock bottom to see a way out?

Your thoughts?

“Some react to the 12 steps by mistakenly thinking it is religious, which is a huge mistaken.”

“Our literature claims those with addiction issues are egomaniacs with an inferiority complex — a dangerous combination when not adequately addressed. We run on our own will, thinking we know it all. For me, this was certainly true when I was sick with my disease.”

https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/community/ask-an-addict-entering-the-final-steps-of-the-program-5786652

“Without recovery, without deliberately changing my brain via creating new neural pathways, the sick, disturbed, deluded addiction pathways remained, even after substance use ended.”