Rats and addicts. Say it again: rats and addicts. The pairing kind of has a nice ring to it, no? Sounds a little vicious too. Then again, the pairing should have a vicious ring, especially since it consists of two of the least reputable beings on the planet. Think about it. Would you put your trust in either a rat or an addict? Probably not.
The current rate of addiction and overdoses means we take drug use help wherever we can get it. We take it gratefully too. Then again, why wouldn’t we? Drug abuse has more than a few common denominators, regardless of geographic location. So it stands to reason that drug use help would also contain many commonalities. Nevertheless, had you asked us yesterday if we expected to be taking Substance Abuse Disorder advice from Russia, we probably would’ve laughed you out of the office. We most certainly wouldn’t have believed you were serious.
Most addiction treatment programs insist recovery relationships are a barrier to sobriety. In fact, a majority recommend people in recovery keep their romantic distance for at least the first year. A noted licensed clinical psychologist named Kelly E. Green argues quite the contrary. She not only says relationships can actually aid the recovery process, but that they may just be a key to sobriety’s long-term success. Green is so sold on recovery relationships, she’s even put her argument in print.
