The Princess of Wales has a message for alcoholics and drug addicts: Get help — don’t suffer in silence.
Kate Middleton, the patron of The Forward Trust, filmed a video message to launch the charity’s new Taking Action on Addiction campaign, according to the Sunday Times of London.
In the clip, the 40-year-old royal describes addiction as “a serious mental health condition that can happen to anyone, no matter what age, gender, race or nationality.” She urges that “recovery is possible.”
According to the charity Alcohol Change UK, there are more than 600,000 dependent drinkers in England, with only 18% seeking treatment.
“Attitudes to addiction are changing,” Middleton says in the video. “But we are not there yet, and we need to be. 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.”
https://nypost.com/2022/10/29/kate-middleton-urges-addicts-to-get-help-in-new-video/
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