The sober truth goodreads meet your next favorite book. The sober truth non 12 step drug rehab and alcohol treatment. The sober truth book columbus metropolitan library. Dodess thirtyfive years of clinical practice, as well as firsthand accounts submitted by addicts through an open invitation on the psychology today website. Until i read this book i did not know that aa took its famous twelve steps directly from a fundamentalist religious organization founded in the early twentieth century. Dodes explores the entire story of aas rise, from its origins in early fundamentalist religious and mystical beliefs to its presentday place of privilege in politics and. Lance dodes, retired professor of psychiatry at harvard medical school, debunks the bad science behind rehab and 12step programs, which have miserable success rates. With maureen maher, karla brada, sasha mendez, eric earle.
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