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Addiction is something that ruins lives. I have an addiction personality. Addiction to alcohol ruined my life for a while. I was on a downward spiral for a few years and didn't even know it. I was taking everything to the extreme.

The show called Intervention On A & E is a realistic look into the lives of alcoholics and addicts, and the people who love them.

I'm an alcoholic who deals with my alcoholism on a daily basis. I attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings on a regular basis and I know that I have to deal with the lifelong battle with addiction. I have acceptance of myself as an alcoholic.

Hi, my name is Kurt and I'm an alcoholic. That wasn't what you expected to hear when you opened this article. The reason that I tell you this is because a lot of the things that I would do if I won millions of dollars in the lottery involve helping people with recovery from addiction to drugs and alcohol.

The craziness of the insanity caused by alcoholism is that the practicing alcoholic will never think that if you don't drink alcohol, you won't get drunk. That thought never occurs in the alcoholic that is stuck in the insanity of their addiction and is still drinking alcohol. The alcoholic never sees the alcohol, as the cause of the problem.

The shadow side to a hyper-capitalist culture with a Protestant work-ethic is a profusion of escapes. Our "escapist culture" seeks solace in virtual worlds, food and drug addictions and sexual fantasies. I am a product of this culture and in many ways a poster child for it.

I'm writing this essay to understand how technology isolates me from my sensory experience and why I get so addicted to this feeling of (dis)connectedness.

The Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew Pinsky show on VH-1 provides us insight and knowledge into drug and alcohol abuse by letting us see the human side of Hollywood celebrities. While we normally adore the celebrity's limelight by putting them up on a pedestal, Dr Drew gives us a chance to look into their normal day-to-day lives.