Healthy people do not drive drunk. They are more lucid. It is time to tell the whole truth about “drunk driving”. An alcoholic is a sick person, not much different from any other disease. The American Medical Association declared addiction as a disease in 1956. It is a chronic, progressive disease that leads to insanity or death if not intervened, is the definition. These ill people are not treated with compassion or assistance as with other maladies, diseases, or ailments.
Sadly, the consequences of this disease may affect those on the road. However, instead of understanding, they are punished through a jail system that does not address the real problem. The issue is that these people are not well from their illness and it is one of the symptoms of being an alcoholic. When you offer compassion with realistic help through treatment and Alcoholics Anonymous, the rate could reduce because they would heal the health condition and the driver would not again be out on the road in their sickness at another time.
When people know this is a disease, they can become aware and take action to find recovery. The lack of real information impedes help that heals those in the grip of this malady. They can become a contributing member of our society instead of being branded as “a bad person instead of a sick person”.
The ignorance and lack of this information about this medical condition is not revealed in the media, news, or at conferences. Having a disease is no joke. Being judged and punished as a bad person is humiliating. Not recognizing the real dilemma should be criminal. When will our society be told the truth so real justice, caring, and compassion can be experienced and the ill person can find recovery? This denial has continued for many years and still the public is not told the truth to bring a real solution to those in the grips of a disease.
As a recovering alcoholic with 28 years of recovery, I write, speak and am a counselor to help in the recovery process. I just completed a book which offers help for this and other issues. There is a solution.
Marilyn’s holistic health counseling, past life regression, and channeling work combines counseling, consulting, speaking, research, and personal experience. Marilyn was inducted into Who’s Who for Professionals and Executive for her innovation work and pioneering work in restoring traumatic lives, healing emotional causes of illness and releasing negative energy. She transforms your life by understanding the dynamics of illness and personal issues.
In addition, Marilyn is an award-winning international writer, author on Kindle, and a columnist. She appears at universities, schools, seminars, retreats, treatment centers, wellness centers, and conventions. Her successful radio show, “Marilyn’s Solutions,” along with many interviews on radio, appearance on television, lectures, and channeling on You Tube are well received.
Look for her just finished book, “Paradigm Busters, Revealing the Real You” to be available soon. You can read more of her writing on Kindle, Ground Report on the internet, and her web site Angelicas Gifts.