
The actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found inside his apartment this morning, dead of a heroin overdose. A syringe needle was still in his left arm. He was only 46.
An early drug addict, he claimed to have gotten sober when he was 22, after entering rehab. Last year, he checked into rehab again for prescription drug and heroin addiction.
It's doubtful that he had really been sober for nearly 25 years. But even taking him at his word, rehab centers have low success rates, and people easily relapse, once they have completed the program. That's because addiction is a spiritual problem, requiring a spiritual cure.
You can't beat an addiction without God's help. When one prays the Rosary everyday, believes in the traditional Catholic faith, makes a confession to a valid priest, and resolves never to use drugs or alcohol, one will be delivered of his addictions, whatever they are.
If Mr. Hoffman had prayed the Rosary everyday, he would have beaten his addiction, guaranteed. He would have realized that rehab centers are generally useless, and he'd still be alive today.