Educating communities on dangers of prescribed benzodiazepines
On this page, worldbenzoday.org invites you to submit your story in text form. Submissions can be from anyone—victims, friends, family, in memoriam, the general public taking concerns with benzodiazepines, medical providers, etc.
NB: W-BAD is currently unable to accept story submissions. People wanting to share their stories are advised to do so through Benzo Warrior.
Please Visit Benzo Warrior for stories
Choose “Write a New Entry” below and follow the prompts you are given from there. Please feel free to submit using either your real name, a portion of your real name or a pseudonym such as a nickname. You may also submit using a throwaway email account for further privacy.
W-BAD.org commits that it will not distribute or sell your contact information (e.g., e-mail).
Alternately, to submit your story in video or another form (e.g., with images, etc), please email it to us at worldbenzoawarenessday@gmail.com
Anecdotal accounts (especially when they are many) of iatrogenic benzodiazepine dependence, withdrawal, and injury play a powerful part in exposing this epidemic, educating the public, and garnering validation as to the legitimacy and severity of the problem. Thank you for doing your part to contribute to the collective voice.
We do ask that, when writing your story here, you are mindful that W-BAD’s mission focuses solely around as prescribed (or iatrogenic) benzodiazepine use, harms and dangers. Please consider your use of language when sharing your story (see THIS PAGE on minding your language).
Unless you actually suffer from a substance abuse disorder, refrain from using the following terms:
as these terms are specific to substance abuse, rather than therapeutic use and dependency.
Please also take the time to check your story for grammar and spelling before submitting. It’s okay to have typos or other grammatical errors, but you want to try to be as concise as possible to get your point across and to allow for easier reading.
There isn’t one! While there’s no limit on how long your story “should” be, a concise-but-thorough account that would keep the attention of your average reader would typically be between 500 and 1200 words.
Site moderators at worldbenzoday.org reserve the right to remove or refuse to post any stories or submissions deemed inappropriate.
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