Alcoholism - The deadly truth about its stigma
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Sarah Drage |
TEDxFolkestone
• June 2021
In a deeply personal talk, Sarah Drage shares why she believes the stigma attached to alcoholism killed her Dad. Challenging society’s current stereotype against alcoholism by drawing from her family’s lived experience, Sarah’s story is powerful, hard-hitting and emotive, and certainly gives her audience something to think about. Her aim? To break down the stigma attached to alcoholism and empower alcoholics to recover openly and freely, rather than shaming them into silence and anonymity.
Disclaimer - Please note that the speaker is aware of the current language changes that are being made to break down the stigma attached to alcohol use disorder. For the sake of majority understanding and to make her point as clear as possible, the speaker has chosen to use colloquial language, and will use the terms alcoholism and alcoholic when referring to alcohol use disorder.
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