This article has the typical dichotomy of a piece discussing the medical aspect of addiction: after waxing on for paragraphs about the medical nature of addicti

This article has the typical dichotomy of a piece discussing the medical aspect of addiction: after waxing on for paragraphs about the medical nature of addiction, and how the rats she studies are helpless to avoid relapse, it then ends on a moral note, stating that "the choice [to maintain sobriety] is his". Well, if addiction is in fact a medical problem, then the choice is not entirely his, is it? For people like the father, I'd strongly recommend getting on and staying on methadone. It's not easy, but it's a real of a lot better than going to prison and destroying one's family. That may be the one choice he does have.