Religion, Disease and Drug & Alcohol Rehab
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Clients at the depths of their addiction want to change. They are depressed. They are isolated. They are very tired of trying to find their drug and at the same time juggle all the lies in their life. They want a change. This however makes them very vulnerable. They are so desparate for a change, they are willing to believe anything if it looks like it will get them out of the addicted hole they are in.
Drug rehabs might need to understand and use caution because of this. Sometimes I question the wisdom or fairness of running a rehab for vulnerable people and then telling them about religion and God as their solution. Is it fair to indoctrinate vulnerable people? If addiction is a disease, why would we allow this? Would we be just a comfortable with rehabs for people with heart disease and obiesity being treated this way. People with heart problems and overwieght issues need exercise, diet improvement, medication and medical monitoring. People with addiction need to find God. Why the double standard?
I am not knocking God. Everyone needs some sort of spritual center and guidlines for their life. I am talking about why addiction gets involved in Christian drug and alcohol rehab centers, but diabetes, cardiac issues and cancer patients somehow do not need to find God in their cure?
It goes to how society values addicts. As long as someone helps them get off the street, we do not care what they teach them at a vulnerable and lost moment in their life. What happened to research? What happened to standard of care? I'm sorry, it makes no sense to me.
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