Alcoholics and drug abusers may be more likely to be victims of their body than of their mind. Addiction is a physical disease, not the result of a troubled mental state. Besides being physical, addiction is often passed genetically from parent to child.
Excessive drinking and drug usage are frequently viewed as a psychological problem, one that can only be solved when the abuser realizes why he or she became dependent. In counseling jargon, the problem has been dubbed…