Quit buying their stories. You have one addict saying he keeps getting kicked out or leaving the program and one saying they're waiting months to get in one.  You've heard the one sided story from someone that'll do/say almost anything to get their next fix. The stories are all said but they are also the result of people making poor choices in their life. I don't want to hear about "people getting hooked from prescription drugs first". I have stage IVc throat cancer. I've had around a dozen surgeries.  I knew the risk of the painkillers causing addiction. My brother is a drug addict/alcoholic and my dad drank himself to death. I made a conscious choice to suffer a little more pain and take tylenol instead of the heavy drugs and risk addiction.  These are all sad stories but also only half the story.