Newspapers across the world today are reporting that the addictions communities are recognizing what author Lee Gerdes (Limitless You: The Infinite Possibilities of a Balanced Brain) has been saying all along:  “Addiction isn't just about willpower. It's a chronic brain disease,” according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine.

Lindsay Lohan was ordered back to jail this past week but evaded a lengthy stint in the cell, instead staying just fifteen hours by posting $300,000 bail.

Struggling with her substance abuse Lohan commented that it’s a “disease.” She will unfortunately be supported in this mistaken belief by many psychiatrists and professionals who work in drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

Substance abuse isn’t a disease in the sense of an illness, though it does result from dis-ease within ourselves—the kind of dis-ease that’s a lack of felt internal peace.