As 2020 comes to a close and COVID rages on, we are all stressed out, and many of us are taking more drugs than we were before this pandemic began. That is normal. It is not sinful. It is not a sign of weakness. It would be weird if we weren't. 

But if we don't talk about it, we will be in trouble when this lockdown ends in a few months. The shame that we all feel is the reason we aren't talking about it, and the consequences are largely the result of our silence. 

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