Black barbers have become mental health advocates for African American men

Re:Black barbers have become mental health advocates for Afr... by emerged on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @04:40PM (#28294724)

I recently came to realize that many addiction groups are actually a social replacement for buddies who used to go out drinking / partying all the time.

Since they can no longer party, a replacement group is needed and they all immediately share in common that they don’t want to drink or take drugs.

Maybe this is common knowledge but it was a lightbulb moment for me when I realized it.

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Re:Black barbers have become mental health advocates for Afr... by kgin on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @05:21PM (#28295146)

I’ve long wished for AA type groups for people who arent necessarily struggling with addiction.

We’re all struggling.

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Re:Black barbers have become mental health advocates for Afr... by emerged on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @08:27PM (#28309023)

My ideal would be a group with some shared interest and shared goals who meet on a recurring basis. Typically that is merged with working in an office, so the demand for such a group is mostly satisfied. But it really leaves behind people who work from home (and people who have few coworkers and/or don’t like them).

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Re:Black barbers have become mental health advocates for Afr... by dragonwriter on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @05:25PM (#28295177)

> I’ve long wished for AA type groups for people who arent necessarily struggling with addiction.

There are plenty of groups based on application of religious lore (often, very similar to the lore applied by AA) to aspects of behavior besides addiction.

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