Powerless over Alcohol

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/12/20/woman-just-out-of-prison-arrested-for-397th-time/

Possibly this will add some understanding of Powerlessness, and add to the discussion earlier

This is a tortured soul. She may be mentally ill and self-medicating with alcohol. She may be "powerless over alcohol" in the AA context. I don´t know. But, I do wish society had something better to offer people like her than to keep arresting them and putting them in prison. Although, I am afraid that with the growing tread to private, for-profit prison systems, things will get worse instead of better for people like her.