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Alcoholism in America : from reconstruction to prohibition
Despite the lack of medical consensus regarding alcoholism as a disease, many people readily accept the concept of addiction as a clinical as well as a social disorder. An alcoholic is a victim of social circumstance and genetic destiny. Although one might imagine that this dual approach is a reflection of today's enlightened and sympathetic society, historian Sarah Tracy discovers that efforts to medicalize alcoholism are anything but new.
Alcoholism in America tells the story of physicians, politicians, court officials, and families struggling to address the danger of excessive alcohol consumption at the turn of the century. Beginning with the formation of the American Association for the Cure of Inebriates in 1870 and concluding with the enactment of Prohibition in 1920, this study examines the effect of the disease concept on individual drinkers and their families and friends, as well as the ongoing battle between policymakers and the professional medical community for jurisdiction over alcohol problems. Tracy captures the complexity of the political, professional, and social negotiations that have characterized the alcoholism field both yesterday and today.
Tracy weaves American medical history, social history, and the sociology of knowledge into a narrative that probes the connections among reform movements, social welfare policy, the specialization of medicine, and the social construction of disease. Her insights will engage all those interested in America's historic and current battles with addiction.
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Ten ways not to commit suicide : a memoir
The legendary rap star and cofounder of Run D.M.C. speaks out about his battle with depression and overcoming suicidal thoughts-- one of the most devastating yet little known health issues plaguing the black community today.
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La Prohibition ou la lutte contre l'alcool
Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur la Prohibition en moins d'une heure!
Sujet épineux aux États-Unis depuis l'époque coloniale, la consommation d'alcool devient le centre de toutes les attentions en ce début de XXe siècle. Plusieurs associations se créent afin d'interdire ce qu'elles considèrent comme le fléau de la société. Bientôt, les boissons alcoolisées de plus de 0.5° sont officiellement prohibées sur le territoire américain.Malgré l'interdiction, la demande reste forte et de nombreux bars clandestins ouvrent leurs portes. Avec eux se mettent en place des réseaux illégaux de production et de vente d'alcool tenus d'une main de fer par de véritables gangsters, dont le fameux Al Capone. Ce livre vous permettra d'en savoir plus sur:
• Le contexte de l'époque
• Les acteurs principaux qui ont pris part à la Prohibition
• La Prohibition
• Les répercussions de l'événement Le mot de l'éditeur:
« Dans ce numéro de la collection « 50MINUTES|Grands Événements », Quentin Convard nous plonge en une vingtaine de pages dans l'Amérique des années vingt. L'alcool, source de problèmes depuis de très nombreuses années, y est interdit. Mais la loi n'efface pas la demande, et c'est un véritable réseau qui s'organise pour abreuver les Américains dans l'illégalité. Contribuant au développement du crime organisé, la Prohibition plonge de grandes villes dans les affres de la violence. »
Stéphanie Dagrain À PROPOS DE LA SÉRIE 50MINUTES | Grands Événements
La série « Grands Événements » de la collection « 50MINUTES » aborde plus de cinquante faits qui ont bouleversé notre histoire. Chaque livre a été pensé pour les lecteurs curieux qui veulent tout savoir sur un sujet précis, tout en allant à l'essentiel, et ce en moins d'une heure. Nos auteurs combinent les faits, les analyses et les nouvelles perspectives pour rendre accessibles des siècles d'histoire.
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I swear I'll make it up to you : a life on the low road
\"I Swear I'll Make It Up to You is Mishka Shubaly's apology for choices he wasn't sure he'd live long enough to regret. It is a story of drinking, women, punk rock, and a journey so far down the low road that it took Shubaly years of running to come back. A misfit kid in the best of times, Shubaly had his world shattered when, in a 24-hour span in 1992, he survived a mass shooting on his school's campus, then learned that his parents were getting divorced. After the departure of his father, a decorated rocket scientist, his remaining family soon lost their house. In his first act to avenge the wrongs against his mother, Shubaly plunged into a 17-year love affair with alcohol. In this fiercely honest, emotional, and darkly witty book, Shubaly relives the best and worst of these adventures: the disastrous events that fractured his life; his imaginatively destructive romances; his hot-and-cold career as a rock musician; his travels across the country in search of meaning, drugs, and his family; and the time he met his newborn nephew while tripping on cough syrup. I Swear I'll Make It Up to You is a memoir of a precocious young man trying to be good and failing (and failing, and failing)-until, one day, he succeeds. Taking a cab home one night after a bar fight, Shubaly decides to run five miles the next morning to retrieve his bike. Thus begins a new, much healthier love affair with running, and eventually a new life. And when Shubaly finally reunites with his distant father, he discovers the story of his childhood was radically different from what he'd imagined. Shubaly's muscular prose, big heart, and sharp humor inflect this grand story of mistakes, their consequences, and eventual redemption. \"-- Provided by publisher.
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Latinos and Alcohol Use/Abuse Revisited Advances and Challenges for Prevention and Treatment Programs
The one-of-a-kind exploration of effective alcohol prevention and treatment for Latinos-now and for the future!
By the year 2020, the Latino population in the United States will increase to 60 million, making up 18 percent of all residents. Latinos and Alcohol Use/Abuse Revisited: Advances and Challenges for Prevention and Treatment Programs brings into sharp focus how present and future demographic shifts in Latino population are being felt in alcohol programs across the United States. Case studies and in-depth research clearly illustrate the practical steps various culturally competent programs recommend to effectively deal with alcohol use, prevention, and treatment for Latinos.
Alcohol abuse, though rampant in Latino populations, has not received the attention that other types of drug abuse has received, even though the death rates, health problems, and financial costs from alcohol are staggering. Latinos and Alcohol Use/Abuse Revisited presents respected authorities tackling the tough questions about demographics, culturally competent research, and effective prevention and treatment programs. The book provides an up-to-date socio-demographic foundation, then builds upon current research and information to present a clear picture of the needs of various Latino populations for alcohol abuse programs now and in the future.
Latinos and Alcohol Use/Abuse Revisited discusses:
the Latino demographic profileőan overview
patterns of need and treatment among Mexican-origin adults in central California
alcohol abuse among Dominican-Americans
the onset of alcohol and other drug use among gang members
incarcerated Latinas, alcohol, and other drug abuse
rural Latino grandparents raising grandchildren of substance abusing parents
alcohol use among Puerto Rican active injecting drug users
alcohol and other drug abuse prevention for high-risk youth
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The Saloon and the Mission
Since the middle of the nineteenth century, sobriety movements have flourished in America during periods of social and economic crisis. From the boisterous workingclass temperance meetings of the 1840s to the quiet beginnings of Alcoholics Anonymous in the 1930s, alcoholics have banded together for mutual support. Each time they have developed new ways of telling their stories, and in the process they have shaped how Americans think about addiction, the self, and society. In this book Eoin Cannon illuminates the role that sobriety movements have played in placing notions of personal and societal redemption at the heart of modern American culture. He argues against the dominant scholarly perception that recovery narratives are private and apolitical, showing that in fact the genre’s conventions turn private experience to public political purpose. His analysis ranges from neglected social reformer Helen Stuart Campbell’s embrace of the “gospel rescue missions” of postbellum New York City to William James’s use of recovery stories to consider the regenerative capabilities of the mind, to writers such as Upton Sinclair and Djuna Barnes, who used this narrative form in much different ways. Cannon argues that rather than isolating recovery from these realms of wider application, the New Deal–era Alcoholics Anonymous refitted the “drunkard’s conversion” as a model of selfhood for the liberal era, allowing for a spiritual redemption story that could accommodate a variety of identities and compulsions. He concludes by considering how contemporary recovery narratives represent both a crisis in liberal democracy and a potential for redemptive social progress.
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Clinical Assessment and Substance Abuse Treatment
During the 1990s, in response to the multi-faceted phenomenon of substance abuse, the federal government’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment funded the Target Cities project in nineteen U.S. cities. This volume evaluates how the Target Cities project affected both treatment systems and individuals with drug and alcohol problems. In each city, programs were established to evaluate the impact of these substances on an individual’s mental and physical health, housing, family relationships, and involvement with the criminal justice system. A brief summary of the evolution of national perceptions of drug and alcohol problems is followed by a description of the project, its participants, the process of entering treatment, an organizational analysis of the project’s many components, participant satisfaction and adjustment, and the implications of the research findings for policy makers and treatment personnel.
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Alcohol in America : taking action to prevent abuse
Alcohol is a killer--1 of every 13 deaths in the United States is alcohol-related. In addition, 5 percent of the population consumes 50 percent of the alcohol. The authors take a close look at the problem in a \"classy little study,\" as The Washington Post called this book. The Library Journal states, \". . . [T]his is one book that addresses solutions. . . . And it's enjoyably readable. . . . This is an excellent review for anyone in the alcoholism prevention business, and good background reading for the interested layperson.\" The Washington Post agrees: the book \". . . likely will wind up on the bookshelves of counselors, politicians, judges, medical professionals, and law enforcement officials throughout the country.\"
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Alcohol Problems in the United States: Twenty Years of Treatment Perspective
Alcohol Problems in the United States: Twenty Years of Treatment Perspective presents an overview of trends in the treatment of alcohol problems over a 20-year period from three vantage points: broader treatment perspectives, experienced views from the field, and personal perspectives. Some of the field's foremost experts, including Alcoholics Anonymous historian Dr. Ernest Kurtz and Dr. Robert Sparks, who chaired the committee that authored the Institute of Medicine's highly influential study, 'Broadening the Base of Treatment for Alcohol Problems,' provide practical information on the vital treatment issues you deal with every day. By detailing treatment histories of the recent past, contributors offer a look at likely future trends that will help keep your treatment methods up to date.
Treatment topics addressed in Alcohol Problems in the United States: Twenty Years of Treatment Perspective include:
alcoholism as a disease
alcohol dependence and mental illness
the role of spirituality
the growth and decline of treatment programs at the Mayo Clinic and Timberlawn Hospital
and the special treatment needs of women, youths, African Americans, Native Americans, the Latino community, and the incarcerated.
Alcohol Problems in the United States: Twenty Years of Treatment Perspective chronicles the story of alcohol treatment from historical and personal perspectives, offering the opportunity to anticipate future trends in the many challenges associated with alcohol problems. The book is an essential resource for professional alcoholism counselors, social workers, psychologists, physicians, clergy, nurses, employee assistance professionals, and anyone who provides care and service to those struggling with alcohol.
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