Seeing so many people tweet in support of @mulaney heartwarming.

Two suggestions to reduce stigma:

Replace "sobriety" with recovery. Sobriety is only one path of many options.

Purge your lexicon from drug *abuse*. Using drugs doesn't make you an "abusive" person or "abuser."

It might be that the person in addiction or recovery uses these terms, or "addict" and other stigmatizing phrases. That's *their* prerogative. It's our job to create a destigmatizing environment that signals that seeking help won't come with social sanction. Language matters.

Sobriety within of itself is not a stigmatizing term. It is a specific term and not a synonym to recovery. For many people, recovery does not equal sobriety and that's more than okay. That's great! As long as they are well. So let's not make assumptions.

I love this piece by @ZachWritesStuff.

"In fact, it’s about a 50/50 split between those who commit to abstinence and identify as being in recovery, and those who find their own way without abstinence." https://www.vice.com/en/article/8xebw4/cross-addiction-myth-once-an-addict

Agood example of a well meaning but bad tweet.

"alcohol and cocaine abuse" - "abuse" is moralized. Use disorder.

"who got sober at 23" - consider "started path to recovery at 23."

"Cooperating" -- never heard this used in context of a dialysis clinic. https://twitter.com/TheAffinityMag/status/1341132947630469120