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Substance or activity, legal or illegal, the results of
addiction are sadly similar.
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Whether the issue is alcoholism or dependency on
prescription drugs, cocaine or even pot; or a compulsive
activity like gambling, sex, over-working or shopping, addiction
is a sickness of the mind and body.
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The legal system creates winners and losers. The battles
end in a compromise, at the best of times.
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Why settle for a compromise, where everybody loses
something, when a satisfying resolution for everyone is possible
with mediation?
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Medical professionals and social workers promote the
well-being of the individual, but they aren’t authorized to
produce healthy outcomes for all of the real victims of the
disease.
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Support groups, like alcoholics anonymous, cocaine
anonymous and the other 12-step programs, relieve the addicted
person's
isolation, but the don’t bring everyone together.
