I’ve been working as a voluntary peer mentor for a year now. Recently, I’ve been thinking about the future and I don’t want to work in recovery at the moment because I don’t want to have a job just for being an ex addict and then being known with my employers as an ex addict.
Whereas I can have a job in retail where I’m not known as an next addict and I’m treated as an employee. There’s a lot of stuff in recovery that as a recovering addict, you don’t want to get involved with, especially if you have other commitments and you can’t…you have to focus on your commitments before dealing with other people’s recovery.
Why I don't want to work in addiction services – Listen Up! Hub
I’ve been working as a voluntary peer mentor for a year now. Recently, I’ve been thinking about the future and I don’t want to work in recovery at the moment because I don’t want to have a job just for being an ex addict and then being known with my employers as an ex addict.
Whereas I can have a job in retail where I’m not known as an next addict and I’m treated as an employee. There’s a lot of stuff in recovery that as a recovering addict, you don’t want to get involved with, especially if you have other commitments and you can’t…you have to focus on your commitments before dealing with other people’s recovery.
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