While I feel a great deal of sympathy for anyone today who is suffering from the effects of alcoholism, drug addiction or any other disease that falls within this general classification, at least today there are effective options available for addiction treatment. That wasn't always the case. History shows us that, although alcohol was almost always in plentiful supply (as were various narcotic substances), Addiction Treatments were not so readily available to those who needed it. As a matter of fact, people suffering from alcoholism or drug addictions were often counted among the mentally ill; rather than having the ability to check into an Addiction Treatment Center in order to have their ....[more]