An Interview with Stanton Peele

Interview produced and directed by Patrick and Andrea Bergin. Copyright First Vision Productions 2003.

What Is Addiction?

The 12-Step Monopoly

A Better Approach to Drugs and Alcohol

Stanton's Philosophy

AA: Cult or Cure?

Alcohol and Heart Disease

Alcoholism Is Not a Disease

America's Abstinence Fixation

Coercive Psychiatry

Coercive v. Motivational Therapy

Cultural Influences

Doctors Doubt Addiction Disease

Does It Take One to Treat One?

Harm Reduction

James Joyce's Drinking

Medical Board Violations

From Prohibition to AA

Resisting 12 Step Coercion

Smoking Disease?

Ze End

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