Posted by Tony P on April 5, 2004, at 1:15:39
In reply to Tony - name of book? » Tony P, posted by puravida on March 21, 2004, at 23:51:39
> Just lurking - Tony, what was the book you read that described the 6 week phenomenon?
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Sorry about the tardy reply.I believe it was Games Alcoholics Play, by Claude Steiner.
Read Steiner with a grain of salt, though: - much as I love his analytical perspective, in his focus on the psychodynamics of victim/rescuer/persecutor and other interactions, he seriously underplays the equally important (IMHO) physiological basis of alochol and other M.A.D. addictions. Of course, his book was written before research changed the current paradigm to a more medical model. A treatment center was set up based on his model, which assumed that if the vicious circle of destructive "games" were ended, an alcoholic could drink moderately or "socially" - true perhaps for a very few - but the assumption didn't last much longer than the first six-month or one-year followup. We're talking early 80's here.
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