In my experience, most nurses come in, socialise and cheer you up, take your blood pressure and temperature with automated devices, that one can buy for home use, and give you medicines that a doctor has prescribed (someone can also can do at home if they are feeling up to it). This is a wonderful profession and they should be highly paid but do they really need a bachelor's degree or master's degree to do this job? Some specialised nurses can even draw blood but, again in my experience, many of those were unable to "find a vein" and had to call on someone more experienced or a doctor. Pretty sure some experienced heroin users could do a better job at this. Just my experience.
Your US medical insurance will cover an illness or disease (why 12 step for profit rehabs continue to lobby this idea). Less likely to cover you for a lifestyle choice that became a learned behavior.
Need to point out that the disease theory of addiction is hotly debated in the US. Not so much in developed countries where socialized medicine is available, where the theory is widely discounted. Those interested should take a look at the work of Stanton Peele.
Sure I read a statistic that roughly half of "happy", long term marriages are, in fact, unhappy and unfulfilled. If true then about 20-25% of first time marriages do not have happy endings.
Interesting. Bridges the gap between old school and new school. Us old school folks have to walk the fine line between extinction or having some legacy in the DNA :)
The disease model of addiction is still hotly debated in the USA. It has been widely discredited and thrown out in other western nations. What's the difference in these nations? These other nations have some form of socialized medicine so you don't have to have a medical illness to have your treatment costs covered. On the contrary, the only way to get treatment costs paid for addictive behaviours in the USA, by a medical insurance company, is if you have a disease. Try asking your medical insurance to pay to stop you making bad choices or changing your habits. The work of Stanton Peele is seminal in this field for anyone interested. Also check out The Freedom Model. Completely heretical to AA types but to rational thinkers struggling with an addictive behaviour, it could be life changing.