Behind the Pandemic in Aboriginal Communities - Interagency ...
Behind the Pandemic in Aboriginal Communities - Interagency ...
Behind the Pandemic in Aboriginal Communities - Interagency ...
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Systemic LevelArmand’s StoryArmand lives <strong>in</strong> a small town near his home community. He wants to get help with his problems withalcohol. A few weeks ago he got up <strong>the</strong> nerve to go <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> addictions agency to ask for help. Theworker said that <strong>the</strong>y would be glad to help and <strong>in</strong>vited him to jo<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> a prayer to ask Jesus for helpwith his addictions. Because Armand had been raised by his grandparents who had followed <strong>the</strong>ir traditionalways, he had not grown up with any type of organized religion. He felt weird about hav<strong>in</strong>g topray to Jesus, but he went through <strong>the</strong> motions anyway so that he wouldn’t hurt <strong>the</strong> worker’s feel<strong>in</strong>gs.But s<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>the</strong>n he has never gone back and he feels like he has nowhere to turn.45