Answer by Carry Bekker

It is NOT true that people who are addicted have to hit ‘rock bottom’ and that they have to want help in order to get better.

Addiction is a disease that feeds off denial. Therefore most people with addictions don’t and won’t acknowledge there is a problem. They usually know that there is something wrong with their lives but they don’t recognise that it has anything to do with their substance use/behaviour. They merely find something or someone else to blame.