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Drug addiction is the stigma of extreme drug abuse, and emotionally disturbed individuals under adverse environmental conditions are susceptible to drug abuse. Drug abuse maybe temporary, periodic or chronic. Sporadic and self-limited drug abuse is perhaps not harmful, but what is disturbing is the intermittent abuse of mood altering drug which led to the development of a craving need for psychic dependence that lead to compulsive drug abuse and physical dependence.Among the worst are abusers of narcotic drugs.
There are Rehabilitation centers like the Tennessee Drug Rehab that have complete facilities for treatment of different kind of drug addiction. In treating patients there is a process called Drug Detox where the patient is medically supervised while undergoing drug withdrawal from the body, which is the first step in drug addiction treatment.
Alcoholic individuals are people who drink alcohol to relieve tensions, inadequacy, guilt feelings, timidity and inarticulateness. As the alcohol reaches the brain, the drinker loses many inhibitions, becomes talkative, talks unsteadily, fumbles and loses control of emotions.
Alcohol Rehab is the treatment center for alcoholics, that help them fight their addictions to alcohol same with drug addiction. Residential Drug Rehab is the facility for the patients who have finished undergoing drug detox and going on the final stage of treatment, where patients can inter act with other patients and share their experience as an alcoholic or drug user, and to release the tension they been hiding for themselves.

Statistics 
 

Table 5.1A – Substance Dependence or Abuse in the Past Year among Persons Aged 12 or Older: Numbers in Thousands, 2006 and 2007 Illicit Drug Dependence/Abuse
Status¹ Total ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE/ABUSE STATUS No Dependence or
Abuse Dependence or Abuse Total Dependence Abuse 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 *Low precision; no estimate reported.
NOTE: Dependence or abuse is based on definitions found in the 4^th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).
^a Difference between estimate and 2007 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.05 level.
^b Difference between estimate and 2007 estimate is statistically significant at the 0.01 level.
¹ Illicit Drugs include marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, or prescription-type psychotherapeutics used nonmedically, based on data from original questions not including methamphetamine items added in 2005 and 2006.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2006 and 2007. TOTAL^b 229,208 18,799 18,638 8,407 8,450 10,392 10,188 246,022 247,845 227,223NO DEPENDENCE OR ABUSE^b 240,995 223,409^b 225,532 15,593 15,463 6,609 6,611 8,984 8,851 239,002DEPENDENCE OR ABUSE 7,020 6,851 3,814 3,675 3,205 3,175 1,797 1,839 1,408 1,336 Dependence 4,838 4,684 2,693 2,596 2,145 2,089 1,329 1,369 816 720 Abuse 2,182 2,166 1,122 1,080 1,060 1,086 469 470 591 617