i don't believe addiction is a disease. With every action there is an opposite and equal reaction... why is it when someone is an addict they have a chemical imbalance that causes them to be an addict... but it does not take a chemical imbalance to stop... to stop doing drugs, you stop.... and there is no chemical imbalance that causes someone to stop doing drugs.... so why is it that it takes a chemical imbalance to start.... i did drugs... and i stopped.... never stole, never cheated, the only one i hurt was myself, and to stop that hurt... i stop using... no help from a detox, nothing (plus no insurance helps) do i have a chemical imbalance? ... no, i just needed to grow up and take responsability for my actions.... do i need to go to meetings? i choose not to... you know what i do to stay clean?.... I DONT DO DRUGS!!! now the codependancey problem i have... that is something i need to jsut STOP AND GROW UP.