Addictions with the help of the doc.

When we find ourselves addicted to drugs, alcohol, or whatever.....we don't normally know we are addicted.  However, eventually our significant other tells us that we are addicts and then our family members, then our manager at our jobs. and our pastor.  You get the message..  Anyway, eventually if we want to get better we start going to meetings and getting help, right?  We hear stories, testimonies, people are hurting, and those people sitting next to you might even be co-dependent....duh!  What I'm trying to say is we all have our reasons for using, abusing, and controlling.  But we all want to get better, well not everyone wants to get better.  If we do, then we begin therapy, 12 Step programs, going back to church, and getting a sponsor.  This is where it all begins.  The other thing I want to mention is that we sometimes become addicted because of health reasons.  For instance, if your doc puts you on pain meds, like House...then you start popping your Codeine.  Or, Vicodin  and then you realize that your doctor helped get you addicted..Wow, that's just peachy.  Thanks doc!  If this is you, I would like to introduce you to a friend of mine who is in the situation exactly. Michael Angelo just started writing his book about how he got to that place but check out his blog and get acquainted. http://filantrypicopman-painsuffering.blogspot.com/