In 1919 the Constitution of the
United States was changed, amended, to make the consumption and possession of
alcoholic beverages illegal. Now take a moment to consider this. It is a
monumental task to change the Constitution, requiring 2/3 of the Senate and
House to pass it and then 3/4 of States must approve it, in 7 years or less!
Then, in 1933 the Constitution was changed again to nullify the previous change
and make consumption of alcohol legal again! Somehow the “problem” of
alcoholism (addiction) that was so vexing it brought the nation to this
monumental change evaporated in a little over 13 years! Unfortunately, the
truth is addiction, in all its guises, is today destroying more lives than ever
before, past and current efforts and laws notwithstanding.
Man’s attempts to amend destructive behaviors in sweeping societal fashion have
consistently failed, routinely resulting in unintended negative, often grave consequences.
Many are suffering today, unable to address their crippling pain adequately due
to the abuse of prescription medication by the few. And just as Prohibition failed
due to its ham-fisted approach, the current approaches to addiction are still
rooted in one size fits all thinking,
across the board, different paths often at war with one another! More interested
in protecting their “turf” at the expense of those suffering. Recovery from
addiction is not one size fits all and we must begin approaching it in a
systematic fashion, from detox to providing long term assistance and support to
deal with the daily ups and downs of living that so often lead to relapse. Would
a physician ignore a systemic infection if they were treating a patient with a
broken bone? Addiction is a scourge, destroying not only the suffers life but affecting
all who care for them, draining them emotionally, while the cost to society
from all aspects of addiction runs into the hundreds of billions every year
just in America. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at
change. To truly address addiction we must abandon the 19th
century modes of thinking that lead to the 18th Amendment and step
into 21st century. Together.
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