# How are addictions classified?

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**Created:** [August 26, 2011, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-addictions-classified/594164 "2011-08-26T12:09:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-addictions-classified/594164/1 "2011-08-26T12:09:10Z")

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…and is there much controversey among those who make a living by treating them??

Inspired by an article I read the other day about the Betty Ford Clinic. Apparently the family and the board are/were fighting over whether they should stick with alcohol/drugs or expand into sex/gambling.