The advantages of the disease model of alcoholism are well known, but the disadvantages
have received little attention. The model's dominance has forestalled consideration of …

Argues that a dispositional disease model construes alcoholism as a single, incurable, all-or-
none disorder caused by biological abnormalities; therefore, treatment and prevention …

A body of information about the disease nature of alcoholism is almost universally accepted
in contemporary America. Based on nineteenth century temperance mythology and the …

Argues that the unique history of alcohol use in the US has led to the ascendance of disease
theory as the dominant conception of alcoholism. Social-scientific research has consistently …

Despite the fact that the disease model of alcoholism has lost its status as paradigm in
international circles, the alcoholism research and treatment community in the United States …

This paper discusses the reasons for the persistence of the disease model of alcoholism in
the face of increasing evidence contradicting its basic assumptions. Data from in‐depth …

This important book provides a review of the Minnesota Model of alcoholism treatment,
which combines current clinical treatments and the 12-step principles of Alcoholics …

Commentators have repeatedly attacked the traditional view that alcoholism is a disease.
Their arguments that alcoholism is a central aspect of life, a deviant life style, or a form of …

Alcoholism as a specific disease was discovered about 200 years ago in North America. The
disease is thought to be characterized by loss of control over drinking and by certain …

Current popular and professional conceptions of alcoholism in the United States blend four
models that differ in their emphases and implications and contain mutually contradictory …