Addiction In America

Addiction is endemic in American families. A USA TODAY/HBO nationwide poll of adults April 27-May 31 found that one in five said they had an immediate relative who at some point had been addicted to alcohol or drugs. That translates into roughly 40 million American adults with a spouse, parent, sibling or child battling addiction, and that doesn’t count the millions of children living with an addicted parent.

[Read](http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-07-19-addiction-family_x.htm?csp=34) (USA Today)