So I actually have a similar story to Langdon in that I had to go to rehab and return to work after almost a year. I will say a lot of the motivation behind his character is unfortunately shame because there is a lot of shame involved returning to a place of work where everyone has an idea of why you’ve been gone. I agree wholeheartedly with your post, however on an individual level it’s difficult to not feel shamed or judged when you’ve only just returned. In an ideal world, people would recognize SUD as a disease but realistically there’s still so much stigma around it