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Aired: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11-12PM ET
By guest host Jane Clayson:
When it comes to tales of addiction, it's the high-profile stories we hear of starlets flitting in and out of rehab as though it's a weekend retreat.
Lindsey Lohan and Britney Spears have made headlines for seeking treatment. Robert Downey, Jr. has gone in four times; Daniel Baldwin, nine.
Critics charge their laissez-faire approach makes a mockery of addiction. That the reality of beating drug or alcohol addiction is tough.
It takes more than a stint in rehab to get on the road to recovery. And instances of relapse -- among anyone -- are a difficult part of getting over addiction.
This hour On Point: the disease of addiction and the process of recovery.
| · | Dr. Roger Weiss, Clinical Director of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Program at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA and professor of psychiatry at Harvard University | | · | Dr. Martin Paulus, professor of psychiatry at University of California San Diego. | | · |
Wendy Burt. She was formerly addicted to Vicodin and has now been clean for 22 months. |
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