Posted by alexandra_k on February 22, 2005, at 15:33:36
In reply to Name change?, posted by fires on February 21, 2005, at 22:59:38
Note the description of the board (just under the title):
This is a message board for mutual support and education. It focuses on withdrawal from medication -- including if, when, and how to withdraw as well as possible consequences of withdrawal. Withdrawal from "substances", however, is a topic for Psycho-Babble Substance Use.
So why is it so important to rename the board?
>in order to avoid the negative stigma of the association of withdrawal with addiction
What stigma?
>withdrawal symptoms are what are experienced by persons addicted to meds/drugs.
>People addicted to drugs exhibit very different behaviors (such as stealing to support their addiction)--- according to my doc (not a Pdoc).
>I never stoled to support my Effexor use. Nor did Effexor cause me to have the other addictive behaviors that addicts exhibit.
I do not appreciate the implication the people addicted to substances invariably present with ‘stealing’ or other ‘addictive behaviours’. It is partly to combat such assumptions that ‘addiction’ is out and ‘dependancy’ and ‘abuse’ are in.
Please do not post to me.
poster:alexandra_k
thread:461599
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