no, things aren't black and white, and if I was *your* psychologist or *your* caseworker then I would keep my opinions to myself and give you the best professional care I could. As I'm not, and as this is a general discussion about addicts in general, then I will have a general opinion based on the cases I have worked with, heard about, studied or encountered personally. As far as black and white is concerned, one or two bits of shining white amongst all the grubby darkness doesn't make a vast amount of difference to the whole. I don't deny the existence of the "white" cases and I certainly don't deny a large amount of "grey", however their existence will not make me close my eyes to the predominating "black".