The nature of addiction, is at best, difficult for many to understand. Not until
             recently, within the last 20 years, has addiction been recognized as an illness
             requiring intense treatment and therapy. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
             Hyde , written by Robert Louis Stevenson, would be read today as an analysis of
             addiction. The behaviors examined in the story convey the psychological and
             physical affects associated with addiction such as, reasons for use, the
             transformation of Dr. Jekyll as the drug begins to take hold, the loss of control
             and other symptoms linked to addiction. As this story unfolds, it details
             numerous examples of these addictive behaviors that are well know today but
             were not understood during the time the story takes place. In the story, Dr.
             Jekyll, a well respected, intelligent scientist, becomes tormented by what he sees
             as two personalities fighting for dominance within him, however in reality it is a
             Although the reasons for drug use are wide and varied, through out time
             there have been many number of scientists who have fallen victims to their own
             mind altering "potions" in the name of science. Dr. Timothy Leary the creator of
             the mind altering substance LSD is a perfect example of how a doctor under the
             guise of science becomes an addict. Dr. Jekyll is no exception to this rule. Dr.
             Jekyll devises a mind altering potion in order to delve into his own psyche and
             as a result he becomes addicted to the very method he uses in his experiment.
             The initial premise for Jekyll's experimentation with the libation is a result of his
             life long curiosity that he has with the nature of good and evil as it applies to
             man. Jekyll writes, "I reached years of reflection and began to look around me
             and take stock of my progress and positioning the world.... I was driven to reflect
             deeply and inveterately on the hard law of life which lies at he root of...