Manns Medium

Was watching the Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell and saw a piece of the interview which was shown on the Today Show with Charlie Sheen.   At first I was truly not interested in hearing some spoiled Hollywood multi-millionaire whine about how everyone was being mean to him but because it was Lawrence O’Donnell bringing it up, I listened.   I must now admit that the way Lawrence portrayed the story was nothing like the message that I got from watching that piece of it.   I saw much more than that. What I saw was a man, who was more determined than I had ever seen, speaks about something that I had never thought about before.   He spoke out about Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) and how less than impressive they were at making him better.   He had decided to stop wasting his time in an organization where he did not get better by following the rules created by someone else.   He decided to tackle this problem on his own and rely only on those who to believe that bef...

No one sitting on the bench will ever be able to remedy the problem facing this society of drug and alcohol abuse.   Anyone who is paying minimal attention should be able to see that.   This society will only get a handle on this problem when those who abuse drugs and alcohol are ready to do so. Teaching abusers to recognize what it is that drives them to abuse is one thing and that I believe can be worthy call for rehab centers but to expect those who attend to just stop is unrealistic at best.   Sandy Cohen’s Associated Press article Tensions, hopes run high in residential drug rehab   says it best “Chief executive Dr. David Sack, a psychiatrist specializing in addiction treatment at Promises Treatment Center in Malibu says "Most who show up here have not made the conscious decision that they want treatment... They want to get someone off their back," Sack says, adding that work and legal problems are the most common precipitants. "The people who show up are, at ...