US of AA: How the Twelve Steps Hijacked the Science of Alcoholism

by Joe Miller and Joe Miller

Book Overview

In the aftermath of Prohibition, America's top scientists joined forces with AA members and put their clout behind a campaign to convince the nation that alcoholism is a disease. They had no proof, but they hoped to find it once research money came pouring in. The campaign spanned decades, and from it grew a multimillion-dollar treatment industry and a new government agency devoted to alcoholism.
But scientists' research showed that problem drinking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1613739273
• ISBN13: 9781613739273
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"