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  • ""PART 1. Addicted to addiction. Based on the model of Alcoholics Anonymous, more than 100 programs exist to treat addiction. Are these groups a useful response to the growing problems, or have we become addicted to addiction itself? PART 2. Addiction then and now. In the past, addicts have been seen as lovers of excess or as weak-willed and lacking in moral fibre. Today, they are thought of as the unfortunate victims of disease. How will we see them tomorrow? PART 3. Alcohol and society. Increasing numbers of people define themselves as addicts. Treatment of them has expanded, most of it based on the model of Alcoholics Anonymous. But AA is not for everyone. Why are alternative treatments so scarce?" - box."
  • "This program examines whether supportive groups such as Alcoholic Anonymous are really useful in treating addiction. The program also raises the questions of how we will see addicts tomorrow and why alternative treatment are so scarce."