The cloud of addiction usually obscures the simple truths essential to reaching clarity that result in decisive action to get help for people in trouble. For family members, the un-channeled emotions of anger and grief often postpone "doing the next right thing" with tough, timely choices. For addicts, it's the narcissistic war stories that convince them they are somehow still on top of it all and immune to the vortex of self-destruction.

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