The Disease Theory of Alcoholism and Addiction

Books

• Peele, S. (1989, 1995), Diseasing of America: How we allowed recovery zealots and the treatment industry to convince us we are out of control. Lexington, MA/San Francisco: Lexington Books/Jossey-Bass.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

• Peele, S. (1984), The cultural context of psychological approaches to alcoholism: Can we control the effects of alcohol? American Psychologist, 39, 1337-1351.
• Peele, S. (1991), Herbert Fingarette, Radical Revisionist: Why are people so upset with this retiring philosopher? In: Mary I. Bockover (Ed.), Rules, Rituals and Responsibility: Essays Dedicated to Herbert Fingarette. La Salle, IL: Open Court. pp. 37-53.
• Peele, S. (2007), Addiction as Disease. Policy, Epidemiology, and Treatment Consequences of a Bad Idea. In: J. Henningfield, W. Bickel, and P. Santora (Eds.), Addiction Treatment in the 21st Century: Science and Policy Issues. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins. pp. 153-163.

Magazine Articles

• Peele, S. (1984, March/April), The new prohibitionists: Our attitudes toward alcoholism are doing more harm than good. The Sciences, pp. 14-19.
• Peele, S. (Winter, 2003), What I discovered among the aboriginals. SMART Recovery News & Views, pp. 5-6.

Reviews

• Peele, S. (1983, June 26), Disease or defense? Review of G.E. Vaillant's "The natural history of alcoholism." New York Times Book Review, p. 10.

Newspaper Articles

• Mercer, I. (1999, June 7), Stop making excuses for drug addiction. North Shore (Vancouver) News.
• Peele, S. (2003, July 7), Why no reduction in depression in America? Hartford Courant.

Internet Publications

• Peele, S. (1997), R. Brinkley Smithers: The financier of the modern alcoholism movement. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (1997), A brief history of the National Council on Alcoholism through pictures. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.