Not sure if addicts have to come out or shout out loud! This "out loud" is a strange addiction. It does not have to be "out loud".
To blame stigma for one's addiction is a bit cheap. Personal responsibility and accountability are at least as important.
Marginalized??? This popular term is addictive and much abused in public discourse. E.g. there are many neighbors, friends and family members who try to help addicts as best as they can.
Stigmatized & marginalized is a narrative not reality!
Anyway, to honestly recognize you have a substance use disorder is often the first essential step or a major improvement towards recovery. Whether someone does it silently or out loud is much less relevant.
More advocacy for this cause would also not hurt. Former addicts assisting current addicts is also a good idea and so on.
"Nearly three-quarters of the over 29 million adult Americans who identify as having substance use disorder are in recovery, new federal data shows. This weekend, hundreds of advocates in the field gathered in Washington, D.C. to call for political action and support for people in recovery, who make up a significant percentage of the population of U.S. adults.
The parties gathered at Mobilize Recovery, a conference now in its fifth year, hosted by a federal nonprofit organization of the same name. In addition to connecting people in the recovery field to each other, the conference aims to make people in recovery a visible, viable political group that can push for political and social change.
"Stigma has kept us silent and in the shadows [???], and as a result, people with our illnesses are in the shadows and are marginalized," said Patrick Kennedy, the former congressman from Rhode Island. Kennedy is in recovery from substance use disorder and was a member of the Trump administration's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis. "While we can remain anonymous in our own personal recovery, it doesn't mean that we can't be active citizens of our country and really fight for our fellows who are dying, especially today at record numbers." ..."
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