Good post and topic Bulldog777! I can only relate to alcohol abuse, so I watch those on Intervention as we have that in common. I'm 10 months sober as well and I just want to shake these people that are still in thrall to it. If you'd just sober up a few weeks, you'd have a totally different perspective on things. I was there though. I knew I was killing myself. Knew everything was declining around me. And I just would not quit. I could not fathom a life outside of alcoholism. Anyways, so ends my rant.