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100 1  Finan, Christopher M.,|d1953-|eauthor. 
245 10 Drunks :|ban American history /|cChristopher M. Finan. 
264  1 Boston, Massachusetts :|bBeacon Press,|c[2017] 
264  4 |c©2017 
300    326 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :|billustrations ;
       |c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-311) and 
       index. 
505 0  Mountain of bones -- Out of the gutter -- Discovery of the
       disease -- Search for higher power -- False dawn -- Two 
       drunks -- The birth of Alcoholics Anonymous -- Rise of the
       sober drunk -- Boom and bust -- Waves of sobriety. 
520    "A social history of alcoholism in the United States, from
       the seventeenth century to the present day. Today, 
       millions of Americans are struggling with alcoholism, but 
       millions are also in long-term recovery. Alcoholics 
       Anonymous and a growing number of recovery organizations 
       are providing support for alcoholics who will face the 
       danger of relapse for the rest of their lives. We have 
       finally come to understand alcoholism as a treatable 
       illness, rather than a moral failure. Today's advocates 
       can draw inspiration from the victories of sober drunks 
       throughout American history. Christopher Finan recounts 
       the nation's history with alcohol and its search for 
       sobriety, which began among Native Americans in the 
       colonial period, when liquor was used to cheat them of 
       their property. He introduces us to the first of a 
       colorful cast of characters, a remarkable Iroquois leader 
       named Handsome Lake, who dedicated his life to helping his
       people renounce hard liquor. And we meet Carrie Nation, 
       the wife of an alcoholic who destroyed bars with an ax in 
       her anger over what alcohol had done to her family, as 
       well as the idealistic and energetic Washingtonians, 
       reformed drunks who led the first national movement to 
       save men like themselves. Finan also tells the dramatic 
       story of Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith, the two drunks who
       helped each other stay sober and then created AA, which 
       survived its tumultuous early years and has made it 
       possible for millions of men and women to quit drinking. 
       This is narrative history at its best: entertaining and 
       authoritative, an important portrait of one of America's 
       great liberation movements"--|cProvided by publisher. 
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650  0 Alcoholism|xTreatment|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Alcoholics|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Alcoholics|xRehabilitation|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  7 HISTORY|xSocial History.|2bisacsh 
650  7 PSYCHOLOGY|xPsychopathology|xAddiction.|2bisacsh 
650  7 PSYCHOLOGY|xMental Health.|2bisacsh 
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650  7 Alcoholism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00804461 
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776 08 |iOnline version:|aFinan, Christopher M., 1953-|tDrunks.
       |dBoston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, 2017
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