So I'm watching this doc about heroin addiction..20 minutes in, and already one guy who was clean for 33 days, and a mother clean for 3 years..

..relapsed after their testimonials. The 3 year one died at 23, leaving her kids behind. Like..mayyybe it isn't the greatest idea to talk about heroin with addicts??

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NudasPriest

Maybe we need to stop being over the top with praise, when people break free from it. Saying "It's amazing that you're clean" can dissolve into "It's OK not to be". This is how I treat giving up drinking. I tell myself it's good that I quit, but that it's 'normal', not incredible.