party on wrote:
someone who hasnt done a rattle of heroin just cannot comprehend how bad it is and how rough the person is feeling etc etc .
i’m gonna have to agree to disagree about that. a lot of people have a highly tuned sense of empathy. if i’ve seen family and friends dying of cancer, wasting away from MS, suffering by the bedside of a daughter who is brain dead after a car accident, i can understand suffering and empathise with others suffering.
i’ve clucked and it was no worse than a bad flu. the only difference was that i knew that one thing would stop it all in a minute.
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imo ex drug addicts are the finest people to become drug workers because they have been there and beat the beast so to speak
every addict has a different set of circumstances, different triggers etc. someone wo has got clean themselves is likely to think that their way is best. someone who has never been an addict who has a solid knowledge of counselling, cognitive behaviour therapies, NLP, harm reduction delivery and who is distanced yet involved is far more likely to be able to intervene effectively.
saying that, any service worth it’s salt will routinely take on board users views and experiences to deliver according to need.
as to your question for your gf… as others have said, volunteer with your local drug service, get some training in the above and keep applying for jobs
