Originally Posted by
concolor1 
As for statements like, "addicts/alcoholics have underlying emotional, personality and/or behavior issues that they used drugs/alcohol to deal with," that's one of the most unenlightened assessments I've ever heard, and it isn't supported by the literature or the science.
It was just an opinion, and was prefaced by the statement that I DON"T know the medical/psychological answers. All I know is what it looks like from the outside to someone who has been wounded by said addict for 25 years.