Clean: overcoming addiction and ending America's greatest tragedy

American on drugs. This is your brain on drugs ; This is our nation on drugs

Why we use. Everybody does it ; Helping kids grow up

When drug use escalates. Use becomes abuse, and abuse becomes addiction ; Addicts aren't weak, selfish, or amoral

they're ill ; Don't deny addiction, don't enable it, and don't wait for an addict to hit bottom

he could die ; Intervention

Getting clean. Finding treatment ; Detox

Staying clean. Beginning treatment ; Primary treatment ; Treating drug problems with drugs ; Where does AA fit in?

Treating a chronic illness. Treating dual diagnoses ; Relapse prevention

Ending addiction. The future of prevention and treatment ; Fighting the right war

The Clean paradigm in 12 steps ; Just say Know.

1. America on drugs

2. Why we use

3. When drug use escalates

4. Getting clean

5. Staying clean

6. Treating a chronic illness

7. Ending addiction.