also- treat mental illness and addiction as the diseases they are, and not faults of a person’s worth or ability

Our society is so unhealthy. There is so much we don't talk about that we should. Everything is backwards.

The stigma placed on sooooo many things, unnecessarily, is so sad. I have been diagnosed with both, a congenital heart condition and alcoholism. By society’s standards, only one is not my fault.

*or for determining worth or ability