It is time we broadened our vision beyond what we can subtract from people’s lives in the short run to encompass what can be added to enrich those lives in the long term.
—William White
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I have been an addiction professional and social worker since 1994. I started blogging in 2005 as the Clinical Director at Dawn Farm. I no longer work at Dawn Farm and am now the Director of Behavioral Medicine at a community hospital, and a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work.
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reminds me of a phrase from Father Greg Boyle of HomeBoy Industries that there is in many a “fatal absence of hope”.. to “subtract” is not enough.. there needs hope and opportunity to be “added” .. well said Bill White!
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I love that. I’d be very interested to see the full context. Did he write that anywhere?
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