I’m sorry to say that there are a lot of addictive personalities in my family.  In each generation that I’ve known, it seems that most of the people are addicted to SOMETHING!  Some of them have gone to some form of Alcohol Rehab program.  Depending on their financial circumstances, some have gone to a Private Alcohol Rehab, others have simply tried to stop on their own, and still others have gone to free programs.

Although the results of going to rehab were that the person involved did stop drinking, their basic personality and method of coping have not changed very much.  Some of them act like “dry drunks” which can be discouraging.  Still others throw themselves into a different addiction of sorts.  Whether or not that other addiction is a good one or a bad one is arguable!  The addiction still consumes them in one way or another.  I wish that there was better counseling available to these people to help them to heal what is troubling them so that they don’t feel the need to block out the pain by throwing themselves into something to escape the pain!