Alcohol and drugs along with pills are just a sympton of a greater problem. Everything from Heroin, Cocaine, Meth, Sleepers, Booze, OTC pills, prescription pills, Gambling, Sex, Working Out all the time, always working at your job. It all boils down to our thought pattern, the way we think. So something like Heroin you crash and burn quickly, where as sleepers and the lesser problems take decades and its a gradual decline. This is fundamental to know and understand.