The Disease of Addiction

There is much debate about whether addiction is a disease or not. I believe that the disease model is both a useful analogy and far superior to previous models of addiction. However it is my opinion that this disease is located not in the individual but in the society. Addiction along with poverty, war, greed, scarcity, hatred inequality and much else are symptoms of this disease. We as drug users, both in and out of recovery along with the poor, lgbt and trans people, women, indigenous people and all other marginalized and subordinated people are merely the carriers of the symptoms..... That is why we are despised and hated by those in power and supporters of the status quo. Because we are s reminder of just how sick the world has become. However we also carry the cure......