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Here's How We See Addiction (Presented by People of Tumblr)

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I write what I write to deface societal stigma on addiction. To properly ID and answer just what sort of stigma, I've made a Tumblr blog dedicated to the many facades addiction wears. By turn, substance abuse is an escape, an answer, a blow, a villain, a mystery, a joke, a tragedy.

With this, I mean to brick together the conceptions, good, bad and ugly, that we harbor towards drug abuse. We have Tumblr blogs dedicated to addiction recovery boosts, harbingers on the harm of drugs, and crusaders for addiction treatment, but I think we should have a (relatively) non-biased look at the spectrum of how we view the topic. Alone, treatment cheerleading and scare tactics do little -- we need to see everything: feel the pain, the hope, the euphoria, the fear. I won't edit these, simply reblog thoughts/writings/images that I find on all sides of the issue to create a more lush portrait. Please follow along, and tell me what you think.

About Cassie Rodenberg

I write, I listen, I research, I tell stories. Mostly just listen. I don't think we listen without judgment enough. I explore marginalized things we like to ignore. Addiction and mental illness is The White Noise behind many lives -- simply what Is. Peripherals: I write on culture, poverty, addiction and mental illness in New York City, recovering from stints as a chemist and interactive TV producer. During the day, I teach science in South Bronx public school.

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