Inbox Rehab I do not know why but lately, the inbox of my email has been filled with offers for drug and alcohol rehab. The colorful offers are sandwiched in between my other junk emails offering mortgage refinancing and “natural enhancement.” I have been blessed enough to have a few 24 hours so I usually just delete these emails along with their refinancing and enhancing brethren.

Today however, I decided to open one. “Rehabilitation is just around the corner,” they claimed with their bold graphic and impeccable web design. One page showed a movie usher in vivid uniform pointing at the reader in an “Uncle Sam Wants You,” stance. The marquee over his head read “Now Showing Your Results.” The website went on to promise trademarked methods only used at this west coast treatment center. The site also promised rapid detox with rapid results. I do not know maybe their claims are true. What bothers me about the E-mail is that it reduces sobriety to a product and a way of life to a quick fix. If I have learned anything it is that there are no quick fixes.  ¶ 3/23/2005 09:27:00 AM