In your initial post, please address at least three of the following questions:
When you talk about addiction and substance use, what words, terms, or phrases do you use that are stigmatizing and reflect a negative bias?
What are your personal beliefs about why people become addicted or use substances?
Are you more accepting of certain types of addictions more than others (such as addiction to illicit substances versus addiction to “legal” or prescribed substances)? Why?
Do you believe that some addictions are easier to recover from than others? Why?
Do you believe some people are beyond help?
Do you believe that certain substance use treatment approaches are better than others? What are your thoughts on abstinence-based approaches versus medication-assisted treatment?
Is using medication-assisted treatment (such as Suboxone or methadone) essentially replacing one drug with another?
What are your beliefs about recovery and how that looks (such as behaviors, actions, and so on)?