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by stan_kirdey 1107 days ago
I think opportunities might help people avoid taking the drug in the first place, but from observations, even folks with seemingly great jobs and families often fall to opioids once they try them.
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Those with seemingly great jobs and families often still have deep trauma that you don’t see. Signed, an ex heroin addict
obviously (!) it means that the more things look like everything should be fine the less people find ways to be, to feel, to act as they actually are - non-fine, and due to this the more they can end up using more and more.