Download or read book Resisting 12-step Coercion written by Stanton Peele and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, over one million Americans are coerced into 12-step treatments. Peele, a psychologist, attorney, and outspoken critic of the addiction treatment industry, provides intellectual, practical, and scientific background for lay people and professionals to fight against coerced referrals to 12-step addiction treatment and groups. He refutes the disease concept of alcoholism and addiction, describes ways people are coerced into treatment, analyzes evidence for the effectiveness of 12-step treatment, and looks at alternativesAnnotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.