AHS Views

I look at my life and, really, there’s no problem that wouldn’t absolutely go away 100% if I had a bottomless checkbook. I guess I should consider myself lucky because there seems to be no end to the problems of the rich-and-famous - including alcohol and drug abuse - and money doesn’t seem to be doing an awful lot for them. But they can afford the most expensive, most luxurious treatment facilities – the fees are more per month than most people earn in a year - and yet they continue to live tortured lives, and often die a very ugly death. The pity is that the problems leading to their alcohol or drug addiction may have been resolved had they gone to the right drug rehab program.

The link above goes to pictures of many famous people who died of drug-related causes. Many of them overdosed, and some died from complications from alcohol or drug abuse. One died in an assisted suicide – with morphine. I’ll bet you can’t guess who that was – Sigmund Freud. The father of psychoanalysis: the one field that is supposed to be able to help a person resolve the personal issues that lead to alcoholism and drug addiction and, I would assume, the desire to kill yourself.

If you or someone you care about is looking for a treatment facility, don’t just go to the one down the street, or the one that’s least expensive, or most expensive, check out your options and find one with a good success rate. You might not be rich and famous, but that doesn’t mean you’re not going to go down the same torturous path as these celebrities if you don’t find a successful drug rehab program.