Slaying The Dragon by William L. White - 4th Printing 1998

Slaying The Dragon by William L. White - 4th Printing 1998

This book is in fair to good condition. There is damage to the corner at the bottom of the front cover and spine. price stickers at the bottom of the back cover and spine. There is some underlining and hi-lighting in the book.

The product of more than 20 years of research, Slaying the Dragon is the remarkable story of America's personal and institutional responses to alcoholism and other addictions. It is the story of mutual aid societies: the Washingtonians, the Blue Ribbon Reform Clubs, the Ollapod Club, the United Order of Ex-Boozers, the Jacoby Club, Alcoholics Anonymous, and Women for Sobriety. It is a story of addiction treatment institutions from the inebriate asylums and the Keely Institutes to Hazelden and Parkside. It is a story of evolving treatment interventions that range from water cures and mandatory sterilization to aversion therapies and methadone maintenance. Author William White provides a sweeping and engaging history of one of America's most enduring problems and the profession that was born to respond to it.

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