The Addiction Arena

"Why do so many teenagers, and younger people, turn to drugs?
(a) Because of peer-group pressure, failure of communication, psychological
dysfunction, rebellion against parents, and decline of religious values.
(b) Because life is difficult, boring, disappointing, and unhappy,
and drugs make you feel good."
- Walker Percy

article assembled by
LiveReal Agents "Hef the Solitary" and "Titan the Ascetic"

 

The economic cost of alcohol and drug abuse
in the United States alone
is estimated at $246 billion dollars.
(Source: The National Institute of Health)

- and this doesn't even include the real costs involved -
the misery, suffering, and waste that happens to the people involved.

 

Yet the "addiction-treatment industry"
- or whatever you might call the organizations that treat addictions
- are generally, with some exceptions, not doing the job.
Not many of them even agree
on the basic nature of what "addiction" really is.

Sounds like a job
for your humble and dedicated
LiveReal Agents.

 

In a look at "the good life,"
one big area just can't be ignored: "addictions."

Nothing against relaxing, fun, having a good time - after all, "living the good life" is what it's all about . . . but at the same time, at a certain point, alcohol, beer, drugs, and so on, cross that line where they lead in the exact opposite direction.

This arena is about that line.

 

The goal of the LiveReal Addiction Arena is simple: