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I would also recommend listening to an NPR podcast "The Fix" by RadioLab: http://www.radiolab.org/story/addiction/ http://www.radiolab.org/story/addiction/ Whi

I would also recommend listening to an NPR podcast "The Fix" by RadioLab: http://www.radiolab.org/story/addiction/ http://www.radiolab.org/story/addiction/ While the description talks about taking a pill to solve your addiction problems (some very interesting insights into the latest research at that time 2015 and also many absurd regulatory hurdles), it's the interviews with researchers and addicts that are truly eye opening - and address many of the issues you mention. After listening to it I personally will never reduce someone who has an addiction to failure of character.

leggomylibro 9y ago
In the words of Neal Stephenson, they are '[opiate]-seeky.' They have a tendency dug in at the neurological level to seek opiates, even if they aren't doing so at the moment. The distinction offered by Stephenson is that '*-seeky' is an adjective that modifies an individual, rather than a noun such as 'addict' which overshadows and eclipses an individual.
taxicabjesus 9y ago
One of my passengers tried Naltrexone to get her drinking under control, maybe a dozen years ago. While on that drug, she couldn't drink enough to make all her problems go away so she discontinued it. I met her after her third DUI & almost 2 years in prison... Addiction is multi-faceted. Thx for the radiolab link.