I could no more handle the rock n roll touring circuit than I could being a bar tender. I could never be surrounded by booze, babes, and (fill in the blank) and remain sober for very long. I get it. As for treatment centers....its a great place to sober up and come back clear headed for the moment. But the real battle starts after treatment. Alcoholism has been a fact of humanity for...what...the Egyptians in the times of the Pharaohs learned how to distill pure alcohol.
Who knows what kind of substances they were abusing in antediluvian days.