Publisher's Synopsis
The author, a non drinker, is driven to understand alcoholism and draws out a complicated portrait of the various aspects of addiction by interviewing and following the progress of alcoholics. The medical, psychological and socialogical areas of alcoholism are visited through the expert Jellinik to wrestle with the disease aspect, the power of choice, how woman are affected sexually and are personality disorders the underlying issues? The solution to alcoholism and success rate is explored in the final chapters by revealing the affects of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon.
