It looks quite weird to suspect that a medical practitioner is addicted, however, it would interest you to know that, they have the same blood coursing their veins, so there is no ruling out the chance that, none of them could be addicted.

Medical practitioners are expected to be at the forefront in the fight against addiction, which some of them are, but the sad part is, some of them struggle with addiction in secret, and this is not visible to the human eye because they know how to take care of themselves.

A medical profession comes with its own level of stress. A good number of times, there could be many patients on ground in the hospital, and only few doctors and nurses to attend to them. Often times, this wearies them out, and affects them mentally.

This stress is what makes a medical practitioner to get addicted, and the common forms of addiction are drugs and alcohol.

The surprising part about this is, medical practitioners are aware of the dangers inherent in being addicted, but since their brain needs a certain amount of dopamine, they are willing to go down the risky lane.

In a developed country, where the ethical standards of the medical profession are upheld, if a medical practitioner is discovered to have a substance abuse problem, they are often faced with two choices.

They would either be required to opt for intensive rehabilitation treatment, or have their medical license revoked.

Of course, a good number of them would wish to continue practicing, so they would have no choice but to go for the intensive rehab treatment.

Now it is difficult to state if most of them would break free from addiction entirely, but their success could be dependent on the format of treatment received.

For most countries, medical practitioners are required to spend longer time for the treatment of substance abuse than other addicted individuals.

In addition to this, the type of rehab program which is available to addicted medical practitioners, is usually exclusive and similar to what an executive would receive.