Well , contrary to all the advertising we hear , treatment for addictions is often no more effective than letting addiction and recovery take their natural course.The vast majority of people who have given up addictions ( beginning with all of those Americans who quit smoking ) have done so on their own.This does not mean that treatment are effective.But the ones that are more effective are not the ones that have become popular in United States.You can outgrow an addictive habit on your own or in therapy , but either way the principles are the same.