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The Secrets To Crush The Stigma Of Addiction
The story of three strangers from different walks of life with their uniqueness and how serendipity stepped in and …
We live in a society of them and us. A society of polarities and labels. Where fear and silence run through communities with invisible markings shining from people’s foreheads. A person with substance use disorder straight out of rehab “ wears a scarlet letter ‘A’ morning, noon and night” (Dino Miliotis), even though they are clean and sober. The result is a marginalization and a difficulty to reintegrate into the community. This exacerbates the relapse rate and the cycle continues.
The lack of support for people out of rehab is stark. At a time when they are most vulnerable. Some have to step back into the same toxic environment they left behind and without emotional support the result can be a spiraling into the prison of addiction once more.
And these three strangers felt the gap and stepped up to change this forever.
I was honored to have a conversation with these three inspiring people on my podcast BreakFear FindFreedom,(external link) Dino Miliotis,(external link), cohost of the podcast, CFO and who we met here, Kevin Hyer, and Brandon Foss CEO. In the episode we see the human side of substance use disorder and we uncover the vulnerabilities of the substance use abuser…
