J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, and staff psychiatrist, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also is the coauthor of Almost Addicted: Is My (or My Loved One’s) Drug Use a Problem?(Hazelden). JWesleyBoyd.com
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