EPISODE · Dec 9, 2025 · 31 MIN
Language - Sticks and Stones
from Breaking The Stigma · host Richard Reeves and Christoph Holland
Episode 2 focusses on language and its importance within addiction. We aim highlight how language can have a negative and positive impact on a person’s wellbeing and confidence. We discuss how we learn language, its meaning and how we can develop our self-awareness. Using the right words can reduce stigma, whilst poor choice of language can make people who use or have used alcohol and other drugs feel unwelcome and unsafe and stop them from seeking the services they need, negatively impacting their health, wellbeing, employment and social outcomes.
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Episode 2 focusses on language and its importance within addiction. We aim highlight how language can have a negative and positive impact on a person’s wellbeing and confidence. We discuss how we learn language, its meaning and how we can develop our self-awareness. Using the right words can reduce stigma, whilst poor choice of language can make people who use or have used alcohol and other drugs feel unwelcome and unsafe and stop them from seeking the services they need, negatively impacting their health, wellbeing, employment and social outcomes.
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