You're absolutely right. I was a cocaine addict. It turned out, I had ADHD. Through science and evidence led medicine, I was treated for ADHD and this gave me

You're absolutely right. I was a cocaine addict. It turned out, I had ADHD. Through science and evidence led medicine, I was treated for ADHD and this gave me the foundation to leave cocaine behind. I'm pretty sure the self-shaming, placebo based 12-steps programme wouldn't have led to an ADHD diagnosis that actual therapy with a qualified psychiatrist found. Modern medicine is amazing. Using group support sessions whose framework was invented before we knew any better as the primary source of addiction treatment is like refusing to use cars because a horse and cart do the same job. America's obsession with puritan, white Christian conservative values keeps it in the dark ages (in terms of mental/physical health) and no amount of psudoliberalism will counter that. What's the point in telling yourself it's the "greatest country on earth" if your population are one of the most unhealthy?