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Saturday, January 9, 2010

NIAAA Official Says Alcoholism 'Isn't Usually' a 'Chronic, Relapsing Disease'


The Los Angeles Times notices that people can overcome drinking problems without abstaining from alcohol for the rest of their lives. More important, the Times quotes Mark Willenbring, director of treatment and recovery research at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, who admits that the one-size-fits-all, abstinence-only approach preached by Alcoholics Anonymous is inconsisent with the evidence on drinking patterns (emphasis added): . . . . .

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