Addiction: Its Causes and Effects Why did Gaylon (not her real name) wish she never accepted the casinos invitation to dinner? This housewife believes if she didn't go she never would have become addicted to gambling - an addiction that ruined her life. Gaylon turned to prostitution, drove her recovering husband back into alcoholism and stole $30,000 from her children. Rafael Rios seemed to have everything going for him. He graduated from Harvard Law School and joined a prestigious law firm in Chicago. Yet, for 18 years he shot up heroin spiked with cocaine. What made him continue this dangerous addiction for so long? Why did the star of Grace Under Fire, Brett Butler become addicted to a prescription painkiller that almost took her life? These disparate stories show that addiction in the United States is r....

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