Is addiction to drugs a disease? How about alcohol dependence? It's an ongoing debate in the media, around kitchen tables, and online -- Especially with with New Jersey's opiate crisis getting more and more out of control.

I know my answer. But I want to be clear: Heroin addicts who won't admit the role they played in their own misfortune will not succeed in recovery. 

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