This paper seeks to evaluate the personality of two young ‘Drinamyl’ addicts before and after a course of treatment which aimed at removing social anxiety by systematic desensitization. Attention has been focused on the personality alteration which followed their treatment, and the argument is put forward that this change may have been a major contribution toward their recovery. The addictive drug taken by these patients is treated as being of secondary importance, and emphasis has been placed on the underlying personality difficulties which were conducive to their addiction. The patients were given several personality tests before and after treatment and the considerable differences are in accord with the clinical findings.
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