recovery within the addiction population is statistically one in ten.that is a generous prediction.carols odds had never been in her favor.she knew that.so , what was the biggest issue here ? maybe it was that she couldnt remember a time when she had not been all consumed by her job.there was no time that belonged to her.she had worked so hard for a system that seemed to absorb every waking moment of her time without showing the slightest acknowledgement of her presence .