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RE: I feel like Steemit is my home. Is it?

in #barrycooper8 years ago (edited)

I feel almost the same, how ever i feel as many others do our hugely personal post are getting buried in favor of curation rewards. Issues in my case like my cousin taking her own life because of drug addiction. (It was how society viewed her and how she viewed herself that killed her) That post is buried. Probably only seen by a handful. Even people reading this comment may upvote the comment but wont upvote the post or other on the same subject. Drug use and drug addiction ARE separate. Just like alcohol use and alcohol abuse are. If anyone see's this message please help promote the posts that get people who are in dark places to talk about it. YOU could save someones life by giving them a forum to talk about it. I ready your last post barry on the issue of unknown authors not being recognized which i completely agree with may i add. Also i feel posts talking about addiction, isolation and mental health are just scrolled past every time. If you get a few seconds could you use them to read a post about how societies attitude to drug addiction robbed me of a family member? Do you know what kills people who have an addiction? society and the war on drugs.

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I feel your pain @egjoshslim and am sincerely sorry for your loss. I am a drug expert who is fully involved in the recovery of addict. In fact, I offer Ibogain treatments in Mexico for addicts. I also blog extensively on addiction and will be blogging on the subject here. I'm sorry your story was buried but respectfully, the answer is not to shame others into reading your material. The answer is to keep blogging on the subject. Blog, blog, blog. If your material is good enough, it will eventually get noticed. This advice is sincerely intended to help you because I feel how passionate you are about helping addicts.