sick of people acting like there’s some kind of hierarchy of addictions, where caffeine is at one end and crack is at the other. different addictions are different. different substances work differently. but we’re never going to win by distancing ourselves from other addicts, and pushing other addicts under the bus
and this goes in both directions. I see my fellow alcoholics distance themselves from drug addicts, and dehumanise other addicts in the process. I also see my fellow alcoholics turn to people with “less extreme” addictions and undermine their suffering. we’re all stuck in this big long chain of who has it better and who has it worse and who deserves to be seen as fully human
someone who is addicted to an illegal substance will have different experiences to me. someone who is addicted to something very socially acceptable will have different experiences to me. but the point is that we’re all in this together, and we need to stop squabbling over the scraps of respect the non-addicts toss our way
