Clearly, I have a very old fashioned way of thinking, I had never once considered addiction a "real" disease.Author, David Sheff, does a marvelous job of outlining addiction (why we use, the disease, drugs and alcohol in our culture, etc.), and ways to get addicts clean (he describes dozens of different treatments, not everyone can get clean the same way) and stay clean. In my head, addicts were selfish people who didn't know when enough was enough and tore their family and friends lives to pieces in their selfish downward spiral. Basically after reading this, I realized I know nothing on this subject. Addiction is more prevalent then ever.Prior to this book, I knew the concept behind addiction and thought I had it all figured out. It's something that I never would have guessed would affect me or anyone I care about, but who am I kidding, this is the 21st century. I'm not going to go into details in this book review but those of you who know me, know why I find this subject hard. This was definitely one of the hardest books I've read this year, not because it was badly written but because the subject matter was very personal and not at all comforting like I hoped it would be.
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