To my knowledge, Transactional Analysis does not encourage the use of drugs (legal or not) to
come out of destructive games.

The “Rescuer” is a necessary component of the game ‘Alcoholic’. You might have heard of the
general triangle “victim-persecutor-savior”, which applies to this situation. The role of the
“savior” is not more “healthy/mature” than that of “victim” or “persecutor”. It is a dynamic
in which each role plays a part and is necessary.

Here are more details from the chapter on this game in the book:

“In game analysis there is no such thing as alcoholism or ‘an alcoholic’, but there is a role
called the Alcoholic in a certain type of game. If a biochemical or physiological abnormality
is the prime mover in excessive drinking - and that is still open to some question - then its
study belongs in the field of internal medicine. Game analysis is interested in something
quite different - the kinds of social transactions that are related to such excesses. Hence
the game ‘Alcoholic’.

In its full flower this is a five-handed game, although the roles may be condensed so that it
starts off and terminates as a two-handed one. The central role is that of the Alcoholic - the
one who is ‘it’ - played by White. The chief supporting role is that of Persecutor, typically
played by a member of the opposite sex, usually the spouse. The third role is that of Rescuer,
usually played by someone of the same sex, often the good family doctor who is interested in
the patient and also in drinking problems. In the classical situation the doctor successfully
rescues the alcoholic from his habit. After White has not taken a drink for six months they
congratulate each other. The following day White is found in the gutter.”

I’ve skipped Patsy and Connexion, the two remaining roles.

Doctors, support groups, and even therapists are not immune to games. ‘Games People Play’
contains a whole chapter on “consulting room games” - see the document I linked for some
descriptions.