In last week's column, I addressed the role of the family in interceding on behalf of a loved one who struggles with addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Often, it takes a family's involvement and a professional interventionist to cut through denial, shame and fear to steer the addicted person to get help.

But sometimes it is the addicts themselves who reach out for help.

Dear Mr. Moyers: I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. For two decades, I was what you expert ...

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