How drug dependent are we?

How drug dependent are we?
Some people drink coffee and energy drinks to wake up each morning. They take Ritalin and Adderall to help them focus in school or at work. At the end of the day they use alcohol to help them unwind. If they have a stressful job they take anxiety medication to calm their nerves and sleeping pills to help them overcome the effects of all the stimulants they have taken during the day. Fortunately more people are beginning to realize that chemical stimulants, drugs and alcohol are clumsy, unhealthy and dangerous tools for helping us get through the day. The answer is prayer.

I remember reading in the 'Way of the Pilgrim' how the narrator had to look after an unruly boy. This boy had 'ants in his pants', what they like to call ADD and ADHD. Well this boy could not sit still. The narrator made him sit on a chair, threatening him with a whip if he got off. This did not work. The boy seemed immuned to physical punishment. Suddenly the man had an idea. He gave the boy a prayer rope and told him to say 100 Jesus prayers. The boy began and after the hundred could not stop. In fact he calmed down and stayed on the stool for most of the morning in prayer. The story ends with the boy becoming facile in saying the prayer and able to concentrate and stay calm.