Here are some links to posts that offer points of view to discuss further. Take a look and add your comments to the conversations:
Addiction! the Disease That’s Created a Disease!
http://amuseaddicts.com/addiction-the-disease-thats-created-a-disease/
On Alcoholics Anonymous: a Sober Conversation
http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=weblog&wlid=5&id=700&cn=14
New Drug Czar Diasvows Drug ‘War’
http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2009/new-drug-czar-disavows-drug.html
About Lisa Frederiksen
Lisa Frederiksen has been consulting, researching, writing and speaking on substance abuse, addiction, treatment, dual diagnosis, underage drinking and help for the family centered around 21st century brain and addiction-related research since 2003. Her 4o+ years experience with family and friends’ alcohol abuse and alcoholism, her own recovery work, and her research for her most recent books, including "Crossing The Line From Alcohol Use to Abuse to Dependence," frame her work. She founded BreakingTheCycles.com in 2008 and writes a blog of the same name.
