On 2004-06-16 01:48:00, RTP2003 wrote:
"All drug treatment is bullshit. I'd rather be lying in a gutter, dead :skull: of an OD than sitting in a 12Stepcult meeting.
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That's just not true. Clinical treatment can be very helpful. The 12 steps can be useful tools. We were conditioned, because of our bad experience, to hear those words and be repelled, but that doesn't mean all treatment is necessarily bad. People sometimes need help, it's a fact.
On the other hand, I will say that I don't think interventions work. People have to hit their personal bottom, and decide they need help on their own. No amount of force will ever convince a drug addict they need help. No matter how much love it is said with. The only circumstance where this is an exception, is with a spouse, but even with a spouse, you have to give them a choice. Example: "
If you continue to use [insert drug of choice here] I will leave. I love you, but I can't live with you while you destroy yourself, it's up to you."