Resisting 12-Step Coercion: How to Fight Forced Participation in AA, NA, or 12-Step Treatment
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Stanton Peele
Stanton Peele, Ph.D., J.D., is an internationally recognized addiction expert and author of a number of books including
7 Tools to Beat Addiction
Resisting 12-Step Coercion
Addiction Proof Your Child
Site: www.peele.net
By Stanton Peele
Published on 05/1/2007
This book is a guide for the one million-plus Americans per year who face coerced religious indoctrination in the guise of alcohol or drug treatment. It outlines legal strategies and existing court decisions and shows how useless and sometimes harmful 12-step treatment can be. It also contains a considerable amount of material on the routine violation of standard medical ethics by addiction treatment providers, and examples of such violations.
This book is a guide for the one million-plus Americans per year who face coerced religious indoctrination in the guise of alcohol or drug treatment. It outlines legal strategies and existing court decisions and shows how useless and sometimes harmful 12-step treatment can be. It also contains a considerable amount of material on the routine violation of standard medical ethics by addiction treatment providers, and examples of such violations.