Suffering Sobriety: Addiction and Recovery in Japan
| Dates: | May 16, 2023 |
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| Meets: | Tu from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM |
| Location: | ISU, Cunningham Memorial Library 028 |
| Cost: | $0.00 |
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Suffering Sobriety: Addiction and Recovery in Japan
With Dr. Paul Christensen, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
With Dr. Paul Christensen, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Date: Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Time: 3:00 - 4:30 PM
Place: ISU, Cunningham Memorial Library, Room 028
Cost: FREE
Japan is widely permissive of alcohol consumption and drunkenness. Simultaneously, narcotic use is met with severe stigma and harsh punishments. Together these opposing views create a society that is antagonistic in its perception and treatment of those trying to stop using and live recovery. The result is a place where self-identified addicts struggle to make their lives fit the dictates of recovery programs imported outside Japan while fearful of being labeled and treated as a stigmatized figure. Such a situation is also the opposite of the message put forward by recovery
groups, leaving Japan's addicts in an impossible situation as they work to manage their condition in a society that does not recognize it validity.
| Fee: | $0.00 |
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ISU, Cunningham Memorial Library 028
510 N 6 1/2 StTerre Haute, IN 47809
Melissa Chase
Paul Christensen
Elmer Guerri