INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE
Mountain of Bones
CHAPTER TWO
Out of the Gutter
CHAPTER THREE
Discovery of the Disease
CHAPTER FOUR
Search for Higher Power
CHAPTER FIVE
False Dawn
CHAPTER SIX
Two Drunks
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Birth of Alcoholics Anonymous
CHAPTER EIGHT
Rise of the Sober Drunk
CHAPTER NINE
Boom and Bust
CHAPTER TEN
Waves of Sobriety
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
INDEX
Christopher M. Finan is the author of From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act- A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America and Alfred E. Smith- The Happy Warrior. He is the executive director of National Coalition Against Censorship and former director of American Booksellers for Free Expression, a program of the American Booksellers Association. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
“An appropriately harrowing account of booze and its
discontents...A worthy treatment of recovery movements in American
history, unsung heroes and all.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“A spirited look at the history of drinking and alcoholism in
America... offers captivating stories in a well-researched,
in-depth manner, shining a light on a topic well worth exploring in
detail.”
—Publishers Weekly
“The vignettes Finan selected provide relevant facts about
important players associated with the history of alcoholism and how
it has been treated in the United States. An interesting read for
fans of American history.”
—Library Journal
“Drunks is a lively, engaging, and enlightening account of a major
strain (in several senses of the word) of the American character.
We drank our way to nationhood, and some of us drank too much.
Cheers!”
—Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize recipient for The Making of the
Atomic Bomb
“Drunks is a fascinating history of the recovery movement that
allowed me to consider my own sobriety in a broader context. Chris
Finan recounts in entertaining and compelling style the experiences
of those who fought to have alcoholism recognized as an illness and
broke barriers in trying to treat it. I was transported throughout
this journey and would like to think I might have joined the
‘Marthas,’ a group of mid-nineteenth-century women who were on the
front lines of the battle against the deadly ravages of alcoholism.
Finan has written an outstanding book that should take its place
alongside the definitive texts detailing other medical and cultural
issues in American society.”
—Lisa Smith, author of Girl Walks Out of a Bar
“Alcohol, prescription meds, marijuana: addiction has been a
problem for centuries in America. But as Chris Finan’s inspiring
book chronicles, people helping people is the solution. Millions of
alcoholics and addicts are living sober lives. And so there is hope
for those who are still suffering.”
—William C. Moyers, author of Broken: My Story of Addiction and
Redemption and vice president at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
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