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

Chicago: Chicago Review Press. New in New dust jacket. 2019. First Printing; Hardcover. 1613739273 . 9.1 X 6.1 X 0.8 inches; 194 pages; Hard cover is black with silver lettering on the spine. ' 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. Five years in the making, Joe Miller's brilliant, in-depth investigative reporting into the history, politics, and science of alcoholism shows exactly how AA became our nation's de facto treatment policy, even as evidence accumulated for more effective remedies-- and how, as a result, those who suffer the most often go untreated. US of AA is a character-driven, beautifully written expose´, full of secrecy, irony, liquor industry money, the shrillest of scare tactics, and, at its center, a grand deception. In the tradition of Crazy by Pete Earley and David Goldhill's Catastrophic Care, US of AA shines a much-needed spotlight on the addiction treatment industry. It will forever change the way we think about the entire enterprise. ' Bibliography; index. .