The Challenges of Framing Addiction Recovery as a Redemption Story

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For many years, I experienced and framed my addiction recovery journey as a tale of redemption. I’m not exactly sure where I picked up the impression that recovery is a form of redemption. The idea could have come to me through society-at-large, or through my involvement in the D.A.R.E. program as a child, or though my many treatment episodes, or through my involvement in…