Diseasing of America How We Allowed Recovery Zealots and the Treatment Industry to Convince Us We Are out of Control

Name: Diseasing of America How We Allowed Recovery Zealots and the Treatment Industry to Convince Us We Are out of Control
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ISBN: 9780028740140

ISBN-10: 0028740149

ISBN-13: 9780028740140

Edition: 1996

Authors: Stanton Peele

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A courageous indictment of the destructive belief that all deviant behaviour is a disease, this book offers alternatives to those suffering from addictions and to the professionals seeking to help them.

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Lexington Books
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface to the Paperback Edition


Preface and Acknowledgments


Why Addiction Is Not a Disease: And Why We Should Care that It Not Be Treated as Such


Alcoholism in America: How We Discovered that Alcohol Is Addictive and that So Many People Are Alcoholics


Who Says What the Truths about Alcoholism Are?


Transforming the Addict into a Role Model, and the Person into an Addict


The Addiction Treatment Industry


What Is Addiction, and How Do People Get It?: Values, Intentions, Self Restraint, and Environments


How People Quit Addictions, Usually on Their Own


Our Confusion over Law, Morality, and Addiction


How We Lost Control of Our World


Creating a World Worth Living In: Community, Efficacy, and Values


Notes


Index


About the Author