[SheetWise]

If you're going to do any serious research into addiction or addictive personalities, you're going to have to add a study of spontaneous remission. I think you'll find it's responsible for "curing" more people than any of the "treatment" programs for drugs/alcohol/sex etc. (one reason it's rarely mentioned by those invested in the "treatment" industry, such as AMA). You'll also have to look at the methodology for determining "success" and use it as a guideline for selecting a control group to make a comparative analysis, since very few studies supply their own control groups (with good reason, if they're looking for funding). Most of what is accepted as "fact" in the disease/cure model, such as the idea that addicts cannot use their drug of choice responsibly or recreationally, should be seen as what it really is -- good advice, not science.