What if they are so far gone, they are not capable of thinking for themselves? What if they are so very blitzed out of their mind that they lose their sanity, their being? What if they throw everything else aside. Kids, house, job, family, wife, mother, father. For drugs. What if they are so far gone .. and their family doctor treats their heroin track marks AND rx's xanax for their panic attacks? Some addicts here ARE so far gone that they 'can' think. But they can't. What about those who can't/don't think for themselves. Some are so far gone that they could care less about NA, AA, Salvation Army, Rehab etc. They KNOW it's there, but they can't reach it.
Just sayin... All addicts are capable of standing for themselves, BUT some are so far gone that even though they know right from wrong, they'll not choose it.