I come from a long long line of addictive personalities. I can’t think of anyone in my family that isn’t addicted to something! Of course, some addictions are more socially unacceptable than others. Most addictions have some kind of support group that can help people to overcome that particular addiction. Unfortunately, for those with addictive personalities, the addict needs to be addicted to SOMETHING, so it is a matter of re-directing that addiction.
I’m not really sure if society is creating more addicts, or if people are simply becoming more aware of the addictions and doing something about it. I would feel very safe in saying that everyone that I know has at least one person in their family with addiction problems. Unfortunately, most of them don’t admit themselves into any kind of drug rehab or alcohol rehab programs. I was talking to a friend last night about told me that he was going to check into joining a drug treatment program. He says that he’s addicted to pain medications and wants to get off of them and needs help with that. It takes a lot of soul-searching to come to that decision. I wish him the best of luck!