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The article lists several resources that will help addiction related problems which include Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon/Alateen and Gamblers Anonymous.

An interview with Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, an associate professor in preventive medicine and a researcher on tobacco use and health issues among women and ethnic minorities in Latino community, is presented. Baezconde-Garbanati stresses that she was interested in the research after seeing tobacco and alcohol addiction in her own family. She shares the approaches she used in the prevention and treatment work. She also mentions how addiction treatment strategies are evolving.

An interview with an alcohol and drug addict who has been sober for five years since seeking help from Alcoholics Anonymous, is presented. He traces back how he got addicted into drinking. He realizes that he needed help for his addiction when he read the Alcoholics Anonymous book and accepted that he is indeed in need of help. He also describes how his life turned better after the treatment.

The article focuses on the growing problem of gambling and other addictions among senior women in the U.S. According to Keith Whyte of the National Council on Problem Gambling, the new face of problem gambling in the nation has been experienced by older women who have lost their spouses or become alienated from their children. Doctor Timothy Fong believed that older people are more at risk for gambling problems.