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Partners of addicted people may have difficulty leaving or setting boundaries because they do not wish to be rejected or hated by their partner.

Nine months ago I was rummaging through your garbage for 5¢ cans. Today I am an author.

In this most recent example, the funds aren’t there. No new money attached.

I felt detached from life and the people around me. I felt like a failure, but I had no other choice but to get back on my feet and try again.

That’s why drug treatment may reduce crime, but doesn’t always eliminate it.

I suspect that the methodology for measuring success was far too narrow. Focused entirely on crime, they missed a host of other gains from participation in treatment.

They soon realize they need to learn how to stay sober, while also repairing relationships, restoring health, and picking up the pieces of a career.

It seems to me that it’s entirely possible for one person to be lying, ambivalent, and in denial at the same time.

A criminal defense attorney complained to me that his clients didn’t begin to take things seriously until the second or even third offense.

The addicted brain is unable to accurately evaluate the situation.