Diseasing of America: How We Allowed Recovery Zealots and the Treatment Industry to Convince Us We Are Out of Control
Diseasing of America: How We Allowed Recovery Zealots and the Treatment Industry to Convince Us We Are Out of Control
Used – The initial release of this text marked a turning point in the addictions field. The author dared to assert that while alcoholism and drug taking may be addictions, they are not diseases. In this critique of the whole approach to addiction, he attacks the “addiction as disease” model promoted by Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous, and by drug treatment centres. Peele asserts that such programmes can blunt a substance abuser’s sense of personal responsibility and, in doing so, may actually
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