Author: tearj3rker
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:35 am
Yeah it’s a hard one. And I didn’t imagine the decision would cause this controversy. I don’t really want to be a nanny either. I just know from my own experiences, after sitting on a knife-edge considering relapse many times… that comments of the type, especially using a person’s trust against them, can be enough to tip someone over. When we’re craving, IMO we need all the help we can get until we manage to take back the reins.
It’s really important to talk about our cravings, but it can be dangerous when the comments have no recovery angle. In my time in rehabs etc I experienced how easy it is for discussions to turn into people just talking up getting high, how "good it would feel" etc. The end result was always people "talking each other out the door" – ie a group of people leaving rehab together to get high.
I’m aware of the first amendment, and democratic rights to freedom of expression. Suboxforum, being a recovery board where there’s heaps of people at varying stages of recovery, I think it’s important to keep it a safe place where people can open up without fear.
