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Need Help? The argument was that Terry had special problems : "the truth is that it seems that Terry [as a teen ] was already reacting to chemical substances marijuana and amphetamines in a way that her peers weren't. It's just that the standard medical approaches and step bromides to which she was repeatedly exposed didn't sustain her recovery.

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It is for this reason, among others, that we have changed the meaning of recovery and how to achieve it. Terry was the third of McGovern's children. As troubled as she was, It turns out that she wasn't the only McGovern alcoholic child who failed to recover.

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Another of McGovern's children, his son Steven, has predeceased him at age 60, also apparently due to alcoholism. His sister Ann McGovern said in a statement, "Steve had a long struggle with alcoholism. We will all miss him deeply, but are grateful that he is now at peace. Thus,15 years after receiving an award from Harvard Medical School for espousing "what works" in treating addiction, George McGovern and the treatment experts he has repeatedly turned to have no better idea than they had with his poor soul of a daughter what to do about alcoholism and addiction.

It is a tragedy, one that many of us are intent on remedying, both in how we treat addiction, and in how we understand it. McGovern is a tragic victim himself, along with his dead children. The former Senator relates in his book listening to experts who told him hands off his daughter until she had hit bottom -- this for a woman who had abandoned all hope, along with her family. Terry, like so many alcoholics, fell victim to a field incapable of considering alternatives that might have diverted her from alcoholism, or at least kept her them from dying on the street.

And Harvard bestowed an award for this crime , while disease proponents see the comment on this post by Anonymous celebrate the event as proof of their rightness and as a triumph! This is a new low for the arrogant, self righteous and wrong headed Dr. Snide remarks when a man loses a second child to alcoholism.

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Since Peele wrongly asserts alcoholism is not a disease, it must be coincidence that it shows in families. And, since alcoholics are free to just stop according to his misguided nonsense, these two siblings aoly chose a horrible early death. And, he is so lacking in humanity, empathy and decency, he trashes a guy who just lost a son. It is a sad human being who seeks to take advantage of and increase another's grief.

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But, good to know Harvard doesn't agree with Peele. As I indicate, McGovern is a victim himself -- a victim, like his children, of a field incapable of considering alternatives that might help alcoholics, including especially those who die on the streets. Meanwhile, as in Anonymous' comment, the field congratulates itself for its humanity, compassion, and wisdom in the face of these deaths.

I read McGovern's book, and the thing I found most striking about it was that he believed he was doing the right thing as he distanced himself from his daughter. Indeed, he was only following the advice of the so-called "experts" who assured him that such distancing would cause her to "hit bottom" and was thus the "loving" thing to do.

Reading his book was wrenching because he was trying to reconcile how doing the right thing led to the loss of a daughter he obviously loved dearly. In the end, I don't think he was able to reconcile it. I can't imagine how he feels now. My heart goes out to him.

I speak English. My father spoke English. My son speaks English. This is not a coincidence, but neither is it genetic. Why not consider some other possibilities? The disease model hasn't held up well when applied to real people, so perhaps it's finally time to give a few other models a chance. I need hardly point out that, as Anonymous proves for the umpteenth time, no amount of reasoned argument, compelling logic, or copious empirical evidence can make a dent in the religious certainty of the "addiction-is-a-disease" adherent. Might as well tell a fervent religious follower that evidence directly contradicts his or her holy scriptures.

It's a doomed effort from the get-go. The best you can hope for is angry, self-righteous denial And I've seen little change in a quarter century of observing the "Anonymouses" of the world. Feel free to do the same the next time you publicly attack a thoughtful, genuinely brave individual such as Dr. I think that directing criticism toward people is not the best way to advance the cause of addiction treatment.

It certainly isn't the scientific approach. Could I suggest using the space to provide dispassionate observations, analysis, insights, suggestions and recommendations rather than ad hominem criticisms? And let's not worry about who writes anonymously. That's not the point.

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Anyone can use a pseudonym. Let's be positive and respectful. You're absolutely correct: science requires a clear-eyed look at reality. And since our own subjective perceptions are invariably flawed, relies on a Popper-style "intersubjectivity" to proceed. Spending decades in and around the step community on both coasts of the United States and pooling experiences and observations with scores of fellow observers has provided me with a well-documented, fact-based, and--yes--dispassionate impression of the range of behaviors on display by disease-model adherents And they include a tendency to insist all other methods are doomed to fail provably not true , a judgmental religiosity, and a tendency toward groupthink that often either alienates newcomers, or forces them bite their tongues, doubt their own faculties and reason, and toe the party line Not a healthy thing, in my opinion.

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All in all--regardless of "good intent"--not an ethical or a compassionate thing to do when people are at their most vulnerable. And a patently unconstitutional thing, when it's court-ordered. And while "anyone can use a pseudonym," you will notice that I had linked my name to my personal website I've met several good, well-meaning people there who helped me when I was down.


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I also think a number of people attend because they have nowhere else to go, as loneliness is a big problem in our society today. With that said, I'm getting weary of AA. The rigidity and group-think gets old. I'm tired of talking about my faults "character defects," in Step parlance For a program with a policy of attraction rather than promotion, there's a fair amount of anti-social behavior in many of the meetings that does more to repel than attract newcomers.

So, I don't know AA and the 12 step world is indeed, in my experience, filled with well-meaning, smart, kind and genuinely decent people In fact, they keep a lot of people out of "the rooms" to begin with. Perhaps most nefarious is the emphasis on learned dependency