Monday Motivation: Not All Use is Misuse

On today's Monday Motivation, Jay discusses the problem with conflating all use with misuse and relates it to the Atlanta shooting.

Show Notes

Season 2, Episode 24
Not All Use is Misuse
On this week's Monday Motivation, I talk about how conflating all use with misuse leads to people thinking they have a problem when they don't. We see this around drugs a lot as (mostly) parents think any use is misuse or addiction. But we also saw this with the Atlanta shooting where the gunman said he had a sex and porn addiction because his church taught him that very normal feelings of arousal were problematic. What do you think? Are you in circles where any use is conflated with misuse or addiction? I want to hear from you!
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Discussing issues of Mental Health, Substance Misuse and Recovery, and Drug Use & Policy with host Jay Shifman, Speaker, Storyteller, and Advocate.

Each week Jay chats with interesting guests as they seek to destroy stigma and advocate for honest, educational conversations that motivate positive change.

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