Why on earth would you tell your co-workers this? Substance abuse counselors are some of the most judgemental people ever. I guess they kinda have to be
I mean sure, I do what I want too but I don't tell my mother I smoked at least half my paychecks in weed over the course of college because I don't want to have never ending grief.
He can do whatever he wants, but if he wants his co-workers to not judge him, then he should also want to not tell them about his day-drinking. It not horribly complicated.
That's funny because a number of my friends work in addiction and mental health and they are frequent, but very responsible, users of drugs (LSD, pot, mushrooms, etc). They are very conscious of when, how and why they use.
I think it actually makes them better at their jobs to have a moderate perspective on drug use, and they fully recognize that each person has an individualized relationship to these substances so no single rule can apply to everyone.
because when you get down to it, i dont give two shits what anyone thinks of me other than my parents and my wife. my self esteem is mine, and if i want a beer at 8am, i will have a beer. :)
Omg tell me about it. My mother is a social worker and worked with AlAnon for a while. I was 28 before I felt comfortable having even a single drink around her, with all the questions and interrogation I went through every time. I mean, I understand taking drinking seriously, but damn.
Former social worker here. Worked in child welfare (NOT CPS) for 3 years. I never, EVER, thought about sharing my marijuana habits with my co-workers. The misinformation in the field is mind blowing.
Hell, if it were me, I'd be telling them about all the things they assume I'm doing anyways. Counselors aren't all prudes. My current coke connection used to do addictions counseling for at risk youth. He stopped doing it when he got depressed and his coke habit got worse.
Maybe depends on the setting. Most of the ones I know aren't phased unless your injecting heroin into your eye during your lunch break. The bar is just so much lower than weekend beer
We had a substance abuse counselor come into one of those meetings you have during your first week of college. I was a pretty boring kid and hadn't even really drank excessively and certainly hadn't done any drugs by the time I was 18. They were going around, trying to get folks to share stories about how they did one of these things so they could 'counsel' them.
Dude got MAD at me for not having one of these stories and accused me of lying. Like, it is possible that an 18 year old, particularly an 18 year old at a seven sisters college, got to that age without dabbling in drugs or serious binge drinking and they shouldn't be yelled at for such a thing.
That's ridiculous, sorry that guy was a douche to you. Honestly you should be commended for not trying drugs and alcohol before that she. Your developing brain thanks you!
I'm a mental health counselor, but many of our patients have substance abuse problems too. One of the nurses I work with told me that marijuana is the "worst drug in the world" (exact words) and that is causes psychotic disorders. He doesn't know I smoke after work, oops.
That's sad. =/ Marijuana absolutely can exacerbate psychotic disorders (or take a predisposed person and tip them over the edge), as components of it (mainly THC) are hallucinogenic, but... if the person didn't have (or wasn't about to have) a psychotic disorder to begin with, having a toke after work sure isn't going to cause it!
WTF? So, I guess meth is basically aspirin? It's bad enough that this kind of misinformation exists, let alone in the minds of educated health care professionals.
Well in my experience, and I've had a lot of experience with this group, they are very judgemental when comes to alcohol and drugs. It makes total sense, as it's their line of work. I'm not saying it's necessarily a bad thing, it's just something I've noticed.
But thanks for being condescending, you're awesome
My mother is a substance abuse counselor. I've never seen her say a word about anyone drinking at any time, unless they did have a known addiction, or they were drinking to excess.
Hell, at her work's Christmas "White Elephant" party there were about 10 substance abuse counselors, and almost every gift had wine of some sort, or a little bottle of something hard.
I've heard them say it's not for them to judge other people, but to help them get better. "Just because you have a problem I don't, doesn't mean I'm any better than you are."
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u/baconnmeggs Jul 13 '15
Why on earth would you tell your co-workers this? Substance abuse counselors are some of the most judgemental people ever. I guess they kinda have to be