The Cases For And Against Addiction Being A Disease

"I agree a single-factor theory is not helpful to explain addiction behaviour. Many diseases are similar in this, having a large number of risk and contributing factors. Addiction can be viewed as a treatable disease, but the person is central in managing the behaviour."

Is Addiction a Disease?

The Failure Of Addiction Treatment

"We spend $13 billion every year on addiction treatment with very little proof that it works"

Breaking addiction is hugely challenging, but it’s time to meet that challenge with rigorous science.

Treatment For Addiction

"Any substantive conversation about treatment in this country must reckon with the toll levied when a culture encourages one approach to the exclusion of all others, especially when that culture limits the treatment options for suffering people, ignores advances in understanding addiction, and excludes and even shames the great majority of people who fail in the sanctioned approach."

http://www.salon.com/2014/03/23/the_pseudo_science_of_alcoholics_anonymous_theres_a_better_way_to_treat_addiction/