Most people are affected in one way or another by addiction; they?re addicts themselves or have family members or friends or acquaintances who are. Cimini?s contention is that all addictions are the same; a person addicted to heroin is no different than a person addicted to alcohol or a person addicted to gambling, or to sex, or to overeating, or to whatever so, consequently, their addictions should all be treated the same way.