Alcoholism: a disease...

"Anything can be related to psychology."

These words came from my AP Psychology teacher's mouth in our first week of the class. I'm thinking more along the lines of brain chemistry, thought process, loads of theories, and many experiments that don't really have much purpose other than to tell us something we already know. I wasn't the most enthusiastic student.
A week or so more into the class I was all eyes, ears, and every brain chemical I had was working to focus on my psychology studies. Teachers kind of know what they're talking about, haha.

Now to the point, recently our class took a field trip to a rehabilitaion center. In which we recieved a flyer explaining the disease of alcoholism that stated three components: Mind, Body, and Spirit. The center follows and firmly believes in the AA program and proceeded to summarize the way it works on the patients of the center. Patients being the "addicts" that reside in the recovery center.
When time came for questions, [mind you, my teacher reminded us that we weren't at school anymore and encouraged us to speak our minds] one was answered that dealt with approach. Then came my horrible realization, that an "addict" can't really be helped. Not if the help isn't solely administered by his or her own soul.
"The one thing you can do for an addict, that you're not going to be able to do, is nothing. Absolutely nothing." Words of the rehab director hit hard. Last week was an eye opener to the awful terrible aspects of addiction.