Hunter Biden is doing a great disservice to people who struggle with addiction. By constantly emphasizing that he has a “disease” and can’t help himself, Biden — along with his enablers in the media — has infantilized, or made childish, people who have addictions. Hookers, extortion, cocaine in the White House? Feel bad for me, man, I’m a crack addict!
Enough. As one who drank way too much when I was younger, and even indulged in other ways in the 1980s, I get the medical aspect of addiction. I understand dependency, how something like alcohol can become “normalizing” just so you can function. I also understand the cold sweats, the tremors, your body becoming unfamiliar to you, the cuts and bruises you wake up with on Sunday morning. ...
He should check himself into a hospital, attend round-the-clock 12-Step meetings … do whatever it takes. Because right now, Hunter Biden is making addicts look like self-absorbed children who can’t be bothered to care about how their behavior affects other people. Ignored are the millions of people who have fought the battle to get themselves clean, who are loving, responsible people who are cherished by others.
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