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velvet2000:
I had a dream last night including AARC. I was driving, and a white SUV swirved out of it's lane and I couldn't get out of the way in time. After he hit me we got out of our cars and talked. It turned out that they were AARC staff and had to get back to the center. I told them I was a graduate and went back there with them while waiting for someone to drive me home. The center was a huge palace, but still just as cold and dull inside. Everyone including Dean invited me in and we sat at a large dining room table talking as if it were my first time talking to them since grad and they were happy to have me back. I asked them all about what they've been doing. The male staff were all quite wired and crazy. They went on angry tangents. The women, (all of which were girls I knew and who are still a part of AARC to this day in real life) were very quiet. They all looked exactly the same except older and heavier. They were dressed just as plain and had the same hair styles and colors. I felt very sad for all of them and didn't want to tell them about all the things I'd done since I'd left in order to not make them feel bad. So I stood up and said goodbye to all of them, and asked Jen (C? I forget her last name. She's been there practically from the very beginning) to walk me to the door. At the door I put my hand on her shoulder and looked at her wearing the same glasses and all and I said "There's a whole life out there. Don't be afriad to go live it". I didn't want to encourage her to leave AARC because I knew that she never would, but I hoped she would be inspired to do at least some things that required thinking outside or AARC's box.

Hamiltonf:
The box ASSUMES that all drug use is abuse, and fails to distinguishe between use, abuse and dependance.
THE BOX says that to be SAVED, you must abstain absolutely from any use of drugs whatsoever.
The BOX assumes that YOU are a sinner if you derive ant pleasure whatsoever from the recreational use of drugs.  
My dream, or is it a nightmare, is that all sinners will be saved from the error of their ways and live foever in a completely drug free world devoid of any joy
 
Seriously, though, I heard an interesting statistic today.  Over 50% of people on welfare (according to the World Health Organization), suffer from depression.  when they resort to drugs, as many do, they feel better.  So drug use(labelled abuse) could well be a form of self medication.  However, especially in the US they are labelled addicts and subjected to coercive drug treatment programs.
Nevertheless, Mental health specialists are realizing that if you deal with the depression, people will not fall into "abusing" drugs.  At the same time occasional, recreational use of MJ as an example is not necessarily harmful, and may, in fact, be beneficial.  Here in Alberta I am aware of situations where individuals may relax with a joint and be far more at peace than those who may have beeen prescribed pharmaceuticals to deal with anxiety (eg valium, and more recently Ativan).
Here's a tidbit for you.  The most commonly prescribed drug for aboriginals in Alberta is Valium (or its variants -- "benzodiazepines".    Most of the street people ( and others) that I have met have developed a dependancy on benzo's and  it is dangerous for them to get off  (brain damage)
An effective way to be weaned from benzo's  (over a long time - cold turkey is dangerous ) in some instances is a quiet joint.  I kid you not.  In the words of Jack Layton, MJ is a "wonderful drug."
So you guys at AARC who think you have all the answers, it doesn't work.  The whole program is morally bankrupt and does not recognize that various drugs can be a great deal of fun used wisely and in moderation.
Cheers

Anonymous:
Jen C is still at AARC but she is now Jen S and really loves working at AARC-she helped me alot.I look up to her

Anonymous:
I can't believe she still works there.  I think I would have hung myself if I worked there as long as she did.  As it was after a couple of years, I couldn't take much more of it.  Thinking for myself became a whole new concept.

Anonymous:
She thinks for herswelf why would you say she didn't if you really knew her :???:

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