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Challenges the myth that alcoholism and drug use are biochemical diseases necessitating medical treatment, treatment that has become big business, and emphasizes our strength and capacity to change by choice
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In the tradition of Thomas Szasz, who challenged the medical model of mental illness, Peele challenges the prevailing model of addiction as a medical disease. The disease model, he argues, conceals the social and personal character of addiction. In so doing, it excuses addiction and prevents more ap
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