SafeHouse Podcast

Season 4 Episode 04

Busting Addiction and Its Myths

The purpose of Safehouse podcast is to help families learn the truth about addiction and alcoholism so that they can take the right action to help the addict they love and to help themselves at this critical time in their lives. Exposing the truth about addiction and alcoholism also requires that we bust the myths surrounding both addiction/alcoholism and the recovery process.

Stigma Kills

Season 4 – Episode 04

So, I would like to call this episode Stigma Kills.

First, I will quote some news from a well-regarded not for profit organization in the US called ShatterProof whose ambitious mission is to change the way society views and treats – or mistreats- addiction as a huge public health issue.

It turns out that one in three US families are affected by substance use disorder, now known as SUD. That makes it 43 million households and potentially 107 million people affected by this disease either directly or indirectly.

The disheartening fact is that only one in ten seek treatment for SUD, which leaves almost 40 million families adrift.

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