Simply Free, thanks for your speedy reply. It's very true that you can't escape addiction by moving yourself into another environment, though it helps temporarily, once an addict, always an addict. Unfortunately the best treatment is unavailable to me because it's so damn expensive, but from what i've heard NA meetings can really help. I went to an AA meeting here in Prague and they weren't very keen on me being there after I told them I wasn't an alcoholic. No NA meetings available here for English speakers, so I'm starting to think that there's no other choice but to cut and run. But I feel so ashamed that I have to do that at my age. .