'Please do not let shame hold you back from getting the help you so desperately need.'
, a UK-based organization that offers services to those affected by addiction, Middleton spoke in a video for its"Taking Action on Addiction" campaign.
"Addiction is a serious mental health condition that can happen to anyone, no matter what age, gender, race or nationality. As Patron of The Forward Trust, I have met many people who have suffered from the effects of addiction," Middleton said. While acknowledging that attitudes around addiction are changing for the better, Middleton said there's still a lot of work to do.
"Still, the shame of addiction is stopping people and families asking for help and people are still tragically losing their lives. We, as a society, need to recognize that the only way to help those suffering is to try and understand what has led them to addiction, to empathize with them, and to be compassionate to their struggles," she said.
Framing addiction as a mental health condition is an important step in destigmatizing drug and alcohol dependency.
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