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Fighting the Stigma of Addiction #recoveryjourney #addictionrecovery #addictiontreatment

17 Feb 2025 · 0 min

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This content was created by Amber Hollingsworth. This content was uploaded by Amber Hollingsworth. This is a YouTube video titled "Fighting the Stigma of Addiction #recoveryjourney #addictionrecovery #addictiontreatment" (created 2025-02-17). The excerpt is a spoken segment by Amber Hollingsworth addressing stigma around addiction and treatment: she argues that people’s preferences about group therapy, 12-step meetings, or medication should not be immediately dismissed, and highlights how people with addiction are often discredited and labeled manipulative despite having insight into their own care. The content relates to addiction recovery, treatment choices, and combating stigma.

When people say, I don't do good in groups, or I don't do good in 12-step meetings because there's religion, or I'm opposed to taking a medicine or whatever. Like, there's people know themselves, okay? And so a lot of that, we have to be careful not to just immediately dismiss someone's ideas about their own healthcare, honestly. But we're quick to do that because when you have an addiction, it's you're immediately discredited for having any insight, any knowledge. Everything you say is manipulation. This is what a lot of other people think.