Richard Taite
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People are getting fat shamed all the time.
In the medical community.
In the medical community.
In the medical community.
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You know what it is? They come in. I think you get pregnant if you're going to carry it to term, right? You... There's a part of the mama bear inside of you, right? And it's protective and right. And so then what happens is they feel such shame, right? That they're not coming to you in the first place.
You know what it is? They come in. I think you get pregnant if you're going to carry it to term, right? You... There's a part of the mama bear inside of you, right? And it's protective and right. And so then what happens is they feel such shame, right? That they're not coming to you in the first place.
You know what it is? They come in. I think you get pregnant if you're going to carry it to term, right? You... There's a part of the mama bear inside of you, right? And it's protective and right. And so then what happens is they feel such shame, right? That they're not coming to you in the first place.
And so really what we got to do is we've just got to, it's got to be the same exact thing that we did to erode substance use disorder in the first place, which is you're not bad. You're just sick, right? right? And now, like you said at the beginning, it's affecting more than just you. And what scares me the most, why you're here, is because I'm a father.
And so really what we got to do is we've just got to, it's got to be the same exact thing that we did to erode substance use disorder in the first place, which is you're not bad. You're just sick, right? right? And now, like you said at the beginning, it's affecting more than just you. And what scares me the most, why you're here, is because I'm a father.
And so really what we got to do is we've just got to, it's got to be the same exact thing that we did to erode substance use disorder in the first place, which is you're not bad. You're just sick, right? right? And now, like you said at the beginning, it's affecting more than just you. And what scares me the most, why you're here, is because I'm a father.
And when you're as old as I was when I had kids, you don't just love your kids, you love all kids. And I'm passionate about this opioid epidemic and specifically the fentanyl thing. It's causing more homeless, which I'm also passionate about. And if I see another child on the street in an encampment, I'm going to snap, right? I see that all the time.
And when you're as old as I was when I had kids, you don't just love your kids, you love all kids. And I'm passionate about this opioid epidemic and specifically the fentanyl thing. It's causing more homeless, which I'm also passionate about. And if I see another child on the street in an encampment, I'm going to snap, right? I see that all the time.
And when you're as old as I was when I had kids, you don't just love your kids, you love all kids. And I'm passionate about this opioid epidemic and specifically the fentanyl thing. It's causing more homeless, which I'm also passionate about. And if I see another child on the street in an encampment, I'm going to snap, right? I see that all the time.
But this is so bad because they're being born with birth defects, right?
But this is so bad because they're being born with birth defects, right?
But this is so bad because they're being born with birth defects, right?
But when you're five, six months showing and you're already in the grips of addiction in the first place, right? How do we make it so that we can draw the distinction between, oh, you just found out that you're showing. This is different. Now this is going to affect your baby. She's going to be born or he's going to be born or they're going to be born addicted. And the withdrawal is painful.