4. ACEs to Assets

When we see addiction portrayed in the media, we are frequently met with the narrative that the person is the problem and how can we fix this problem. The pictures portray the junkie/addict/alcoholic (labels) in a negative way, but never the person, or the person’s name and that if supported they can become assets in our communities.

I will ask and answer three questions: 

• When I lok at people in addiction, do I see them as problems to be fixed or assets?
• Why the addict r why the pain?
• Hw do we create the right conditions for people to recover?

I will do this by presenting the person not the addict. I will show the evidence of how drugs & alcohol becomes an option in people’s lives, and I will show that if we create the right conditions anyone can recover and break free from crime and addiction. This will all be shown through a lived experience lens.