Oscar! It’s Time To T.K.O. Addiction

Beating addiction may just be the biggest and longest fight of boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya’s life. With all the physical abuse he has endured in his profession, a profession that has an element of serious injury and pain, it is amazing that Oscar is not an out of control junkie! Oscar De La Hoya is defending his infidelity caused by primarily alcohol abuse and drug intoxication. He says he cheated on his wife but we’re not talking about Tiger Woods here. Okay, we all know that's the wrong argument.

Ironically, career wise, Tiger and Oscar have a lot in common. They are both masters of their game and they both know how to overcome the odds under extreme pressure. But when alcohol and drugs start to cloud a champion’s reality, or anyone else’s for that matter, anything can happen. And when it does, it has nothing to do with reality.

History shows that alcohol and drug intoxication result in what drug prevention experts identify as “high risk behavior.” While effects of drug abuse and alcohol abuse infiltrate human ability to reason, cheating, crime and even violence, lie in wake for some more than others. These behaviors are often a fleeting thought and become more premeditated and actionable as the volume of consumption increases day by day as well as over time.

Oscar points out that he had a lot of emotional pain over his mother who had passed and that he felt unloved, which is why he wandered outside of his marriage to find the love he craved for. This is not okay and it never will be. But we can take it further from here and bedevil Oscar or Tiger all we want. But that will not help either of them get on the right track.

Looking back is not the way to recovery. Thoughts of suicide and thoughts of serious failure and giving up are not a road to recovery. It is only a road to sadness and depression because we end up realizing that we can’t turn back the clock. Hey, people make mistakes! It happens. When you’re intoxicated the mistakes just keep on happening. It’s called addiction and we have to stop making excuses.

We must take action by quitting to use the substances that cause our behavior. If we stop, our behavior too will stop and eventually blame will be something of the past for us, left far behind like a tiny object in our rear view mirror. We must let those we hurt heal by distancing ourselves and doing everything we can to overcome our shortcomings. We must save ourselves first. Then we can help others. Blame is useless, even if we deserve it. It will not save us.

God Speed Oscar!

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Proposed Federal Law:

Addiction Rehabilitation and Protection Act of 2011

Revision 1

Prevents often fatal relapse and punishes drug dealers

and those aiding drug dealers

from selling drugs to men and women in treatment

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – Alexandra Datig is calling for nationwide support of a Federal law which would protect men and women struggling form addiction who are either in treatment or have completed treatment for recovery from addiction. The proposed law would protect men and women in recovery from drug dealers and those who aid drug dealers.

Datig, a business and public affairs consultant is also the founder of the addiction recovery website www.fiveyearsfromnow.net. She is recovering from a 13-year, life threatening drug addiction and has a successful recovery of more than 12 years.

Datig says: “It is often said in recovery that ‘help is for those who want it, not for those who need it.’ With The Addiction Rehabilitation and Protection Act of 2011 we are lessening the burden on concerned families and friends, making it easier for people who are trying to beat addiction to ask for the help they want.”

Proposed Federal Law:

Authored by: Alexandra D. Datig, August 11, 2011

Proposed Title and Text: Addiction Rehabilitation and Protection Act of 2011

The Legislature finds and declares:

a.) The Addiction Rehabilitation and Protection Act of 2011, criminally punishes drug dealers and those who aid drug dealers, from selling addictive and illegal substances to men and women who are in treatment or re-enter society from drug rehabilitation management facilities. Women and men trying to find recovery are most vulnerable and susceptible to relapse in his or her first two years of sobriety and do not have the ability to withstand his or her social triggers of addiction, causing serious harm and fatal relapse. The human toll has been well documented, showing during and after addiction rehabilitation, addicts are dying at a far more rapid rate from relapse, when compared to first-time use, because drug dealers and those aiding drug dealers have not been put on notice.

(Five Year From Now 2011,

http://www.fiveyearsfromnow.net/Hollywood_RIP.html )

b.) The legislature shall enact The Addiction Rehabilitation and Protection Act of 2011 as a Federal law, mandating criminal action and fines against any individual who knowingly sells or furnishes or aids in furnishing addictive substances, of any kind, to a man or a woman who is either in treatment or has documented proof of having completed a rehabilitation program to treat and overcome substance abuse. The Addiction Rehabilitation and Protection Act of 2011 shall also serve as a Three Strikes model for drug dealers and those who aide drug dealers, who re-offend selling addictive substances to any man or woman in recovery and shall follow the model of ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and protect men and women recovering from addiction in his or her first two years of recovery. The Addiction Rehabilitation and Protection Act of 2011 mandates court ordered drug rehabilitation and education programs for drug dealers and those who aid drug dealers with selling drugs to men and women recovering from addiction; and imposes a minimum five-year prison term, for the first offense and a ten-year term for the second offense, as well as appropriate and reasonable fines.

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