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Question by David1234: Why do people go into drug and alcohol counselling?
Why do people go into drug and alcohol counselling? Do people who were never drug addicts go into the career? I know alot of people who were addicts become counsellors.

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Answer by I.Love.EMINEM.
Either people who are interested in it and want to help people, or those who got help and want to help others. Hope I helped(:

Answer by Saugata Seal
People go to drug counseling to get rid of their addiction for drugs, its a type of psychiatric treatment which involves building a strong character which is unaffected by drug temptations. Sometimes it involves medication too. To answer your second question, yes many people who were previously drug addicts become counselors because they have the experience on that particular matter, so they can give more relevant advices than a person who has never been addicted to drugs.

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Heroin use climbs in Maine as cheaper alternative to prescription drugs
She had already smoked crack and done other drugs, but it was a blood clot in her arm that set her heroin addiction in motion. The hospital gave her Dilaudid. From there, she graduated to heroin because “it was cheaper than Dilaudid,” she said. Heroin …
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April music festival to raise money for child abuse, suicide prevention
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Angels of Love Gala promoting child abuse awareness
Angels of Love is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing services for abused and neglected children of the Rio Grande Valley. The Gala is being held to promote awareness of child abuse and to raise funds for an emergency shelter to house …
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Darryl Strawberry chases new calling by opening latest drug rehab center
Strawberry and his wife Tracy — both ordained ministers — were in central Florida Friday for the opening of their second drug rehabilitation and treatment center. The Darryl Strawberry Recovery Center will be focused on helping former athletes and …
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Van Valkenburg denies DOJ allegations of gender bias
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'Boarding' psychiatric patients in emergency departments is barbaric: Guest …
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