Will power is needed even if only to be self-disciplined enough to keep taking the tablets. Willpower can even help you to recover from a broken leg quicker!

The medicalisation of addiction treatment has been a failure the world over, and better drugs, even if they help that situation will do nothing to address the economic, social, psychological, personal and cultural factors which can also contribute to addiction of various kinds.  Simple counselling doesn't go very far either, although it too is part of the holistic approach used in the Muriel Boothman Centre.

Index of Frank's Diaries