Is addiction increasing in the US at the moment?
Where I come from, there will always be a variation, some people will have addictions, some that aren't addicted but normally drink, and then there will be those that don't drink at all, as to the statistics on drunk driving, deaths from alcohol etc, I'm not too sure what the stats say.
As for a cure? I can be addicted to alcohol and fix the problem with Sobriety, but that doesn't mean I'm medically cured of the addiction, I'm just managing what I am able to be in control of and that is the consumption of the substance I am addicted to.