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Vietnam, heroin
and the American GI's
Part II
Nelson Gary
The addict has either never been able to integrate themselves with others
on any of these planes of interpersonal relationships or has lost the
ability to do so and must reintegrate, rejoin the world, and return home to
her or himself and to others from the war within themselves. The addict in
this respect is not too much unlike the Vietnam veteran who returns home
wounded with more baggage than just his duffle bag.
The addict who
surrenders, joining the protest him or herself though he may he detest the
protestors for this reasons or their manners, and turns to recovery, embarks
on the same journey as the shaman. Both addict and shaman leave the
community, usually as exiles-fugitives-warriors. The recovering addict and
the shaman return with valuable knowledge that, when wisely applied, is a
resource of healing for all those who come into contact with the earnestly
recovering addict and shaman, both, in many cases, former outcasts.
Most recovering addicts cannot get that knowledge of healing from anywhere
else, but within the context of his or her own experience with his or her
disease and with his or her recovery from the disease, two areas that are
outside the realm of mainstream society. The recovering ...»»
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