I am writing about the stereotyping of drug addicts and alcoholics. Many people, including doctors, don't want anything to do with drug addicts or alcoholics. They think they are evil and they just want to hurt themselves or other people. That is not true. Drug addicts and alcoholics are just plain old people just like you and me. They have just fallen into a disease of the mind.

Their disease tells them that the body needs the drug or alcohol to function normally. When the mind tells the person, they will do anything to get what the mind tells them to get. Whether it is cocaine, vodka, or heroin. It can be anything. Now, when the drug addict picks up that drug or the alcoholic picks up that drink they have the choice of taking it. But when they take it, they will lose control of their mind and their body. The mind takes over.

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