All Documents in This Library

• Bergin, P., & A. Bergin (2003), An Interview With Stanton Peele. Produced and directed by Patrick and Andrea Bergin. Copyright First Vision Productions 2003.
• Brodsky, A. (2001), A classic holds its ground: A Review of Stanton Peele's 'The Meaning of Addiction'. International Journal of Drug Policy, 12, 273-77.
• Brodsky, A. & Peele, S. (1991, November), AA abuse. Reason, pp. 34-39.
• Doblin, R. (1999, January 11), Drug policy reformer's father, a CompCare physician, recommended controlled drinking! Personal correspondence.
• Husak, D., & Peele, S. (1998), "One of the major problems of our society": Symbolism and evidence of drug harms in U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Contemporary Drug Problems, 25,191-233.
• McCarley, A., & S. Peele (2006, February 2), Author's true milestone lost in controversy. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
• Mercer, I. (1999, June 7), Stop making excuses for drug addiction. North Shore (Vancouver) News.
• Peele, S., & Brodsky, A. (1974, August), Love can be an addiction. Psychology Today, pp. 22- 26.
• Peele, S., with Brodsky, A. (1975), Love and addiction. New York: Taplinger.
• Peele, S. (1978, September), Addiction: The analgesic experience. Human Nature, pp. 61-67.
• Peele, S. (1980), The addiction experience. Center City, MN: Hazelden. Modified from two-part article that appeared in Addictions (Ontario Addiction Research Foundation), Summer, 1977, pp. 21-41; Fall, 1977, 36-57.
• Peele, S. (1981), Reductionism in the psychology of the eighties: Can biochemistry eliminate addiction, mental illness, and pain? American Psychologist, 36: 807-818.
• Peele, S. (1982, April), The Human Side Of Addiction. What caused John Belushi's death?. U.S. Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence, p. 7.
• Peele, S. (1983, April), Through a glass darkly: Can some alcoholics learn to drink in moderation? Psychology Today, pp. 38-42.
• 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.
• Peele, S. (1983, September/October), Out of the habit trap: Five stages to freedom. American Health, pp. 42-47.
• 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. (1984), The cultural context of psychological approaches to alcoholism: Can we control the effects of alcohol? American Psychologist, 39, 1337-1351.
• Peele, S. (1985), Behavior therapy—the hardest way: Controlled drinking and natural remission from alcoholism. In G.A. Marlatt et al., Abstinence and controlled drinking: Alternative treatment goals for alcoholism and problem drinking? Bulletin of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 4, 141-147.
• Peele, S. (1985), The meaning of addiction: Compulsive experience and its interpretation. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.
• Peele, S. (1985), What treatment for addiction can do and what it can't; What treatment for addiction should do and what it shouldn't. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2, 225- 228.
• Peele, S. (1986), The life study of alcoholism: Putting drunkenness in biographical context. Bulletin of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 5, 49-53.
• Peele, S. (1986), Personality, pathology, and the act of creation: The case of Alfred Hitchcock. Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly, 9, 202-218.
• Peele, S. (1986), The implications and limitations of genetic models of alcoholism and other addictions. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 47, 63-73.
• Peele, S. (1986), Denial — of reality and freedom — in addiction research and treatment. Bulletin of the Society of Psychologists in the Addictive Behaviors, 5: 149-166.
• Peele, S. (1986), The "cure" for adolescent drug abuse: Worse than the problem? Journal of Counseling and Development, 65:23-24.
• Peele, S. (1987), A moral vision of addiction: How people's values determine whether they become and remain addicts. Journal of Drug Issues, 17, 187-215. Republished in S. Peele, (Ed.), Visions of addiction. San Francisco: Lexington/Jossey-Bass, 1987.
• Peele, S. (1987), Why do controlled-drinking outcomes vary by country, era, and investigator?: Cultural conceptions of relapse and remission in alcoholism. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 20, 173-201.
• Peele, S. (1987), Running scared: We're too frightened to deal with the real issues in adolescent substance abuse. Health Education Research, 2, 423-432.
• Peele, S. (1987), Review of Psychological Theories of Drinking and Alcoholism edited by Howard T. Blane and Kenneth E. Leonard. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 1, 120-134.
• Stanton on Oprah. A 1987 appearance by Dr. Stanton Peele, debating whether alcoholism is a disease.
• Peele, S. (1988), How strong is the steel trap? Review of The Steel Drug: Cocaine in Perspective. Contemporary Psychology, 33:144-145.
• 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.
• Peele, S. (1989, July/August). Ain't misbehavin': Addiction has become an all-purpose excuse. The Sciences, pp. 14-21.
• Letters from readers to Ain't Misbehavin'. (November/December, 1989), Letter from Roy A. Wise, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, and Stanton's response. The Sciences, pp. 12-16.
• Peele, S. (1990), Does addiction excuse thieves and killers from criminal responsibility? International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 13, 95-101.
• Peele, S. (1990), Addiction as a cultural concept. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 602, 205-220.
• Peele, S. (1990, March 14), Cures depend on attitudes, not programs. Los Angeles Times, 1990--people become addicted to fill needs that are better filled when they cope better.
• Peele, S. (1990, July), The new thalidomide (drinking and pregnancy). Reason, pp. 41-42.
• Peele, S. (1990, August), Second thoughts about a gene for alcoholism. The Atlantic Monthly, pp. 52-58.
• Peele, S. (1990), Why and by whom the American alcoholism treatment industry is under siege. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 22, 1-13.
• Peele, S. (1990), Personality and alcoholism: Establishing the link. In D.A. Ward (Ed.), Alcoholism: Introduction to theory and treatment (3rd ed.), Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt, pp. 147-156.
• Peele, S. (1990), Research issues in assessing addiction treatment efficacy: How cost effective are Alcoholics Anonymous and private treatment centers? Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 25 (1990)179-182.
• Peele, S. (1991), Cold turkey: Is smoking an addiction? Reason, pp. 54-55.
• 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. (1991), Commentary on "The lay treatment community," in P.E. Nathan et al. (Eds.), Annual Review of Addictions Research and Treatment (New York: Pergamon), pp. 387-388.
• Peele, S. (1991, December), Asleep at the switch (random drug testing of transportation workers). Reason, pp. 63-65.
• Peele, S. (1991, December), What we now know about treating alcoholism and other addictions. Harvard Mental Health Letter, pp. 5-7, reprinted in R. Hornby (Ed.), Alcohol and Native Americans (Rosebud, SD: Sinte Gleska University), pp. 91-94
• Peele, S. (1992), Alcoholism, politics, and bureaucracy: The consensus against controlled-drinking therapy in America. Addictive Behaviors, 17, 49-62.
• Peele, S. (1993), The conflict between public health goals and the temperance mentality. American Journal of Public Health, 83, 805-810.
• Peele, S. (1994, June 24), What O.J.'s letter didn't say. Los Angeles Times, --self-referential letter tends more to prove guilt, not innocence.
• Peele, S. (1994, November 7), Hype overdose. The mainstream press automatically accepts reports of heroin overdoses, no matter how thin the evidence. National Review, pp. 59-60.
• Peele, S. (1995), Abstinence/Controlled drinking versus abstinence. In Jaffe, J. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Drugs and Alcohol (New York: Macmillan), pp. 92-97.
• Peele, S. & DeGrandpre, R.J. (1995, July/August), My genes made me do it: Debunking current genetic myths. Psychology Today, pp. 50-53; 62-68.
• Peele, S., & Apostolides, M. (1996), Don't panic! A parent's guide to understanding and preventing alcohol and drug abuse. New York: The Lindesmith Center. Originally published in 1983 by CompCare.
• Peele, S. (1996), Assumptions about drugs and the marketing of drug policies. In W.K. Bickel & R.J. DeGrandpre (Eds.), Drug policy and human nature. New York: Plenum, pp. 199-220.
• Peele, S. (1996, March/April), Telling children all drinking is bad is simply not true. Healthy Drinking.
• Peele, S. (1996, September/October), Recovering from an all-or-nothing approach to alcohol. Psychology Today, pp. 35-43, 68-70.
• Peele, S. (1996), Should physicians recommend alcohol to their patients? Priorities, 8(1): 24-29.
• Peele, S. (1996), Introduction to Audrey Kishline's Moderate drinking: The Moderation Management guide for people who want to reduce their drinking. New York: Crown.
• Peele, S. & Brodsky, A. (1996), Alcohol and society: How culture influences the way people drink. San Francisco: Wine Institute.
• Peele, S. & A. Brodsky (1996), The antidote to alcohol abuse: Sensible drinking messages. In Wine in Context: Nutrition, Physiology, Policy, Davis, CA: American Society for Enology and Viticulture, pp. 66-70.
• Peele, S. (1997), Utilizing culture and behavior in epidemiological models of alcohol consumption and consequences for Western nations, Alcohol & Alcoholism, 32, 51-64.
• Peele, S. (1997, January 26), Don't reward what doesn't work. Addiction: Harvard honors the U.S. drug czar and others for pursuing failed treatments. Are we ready for contrary messages? Los Angeles Times.
• Peele, S. (1997, March 3), Send in the clones. Wall Street Journal, p. A18.
• Peele, S. (1997, April 13), Cloning Hitler and Einstein. Daily Record (Morris County, NJ), Opinion p. 1.
• Peele, S. (1997, April 14), Should we continue to wage the drug war? Chasing the dragon. New York Times (Letters), p. A16.
• Peele, S. (1997, May-June), Bait and switch in project MATCH: What NIAAA research actually shows about alcohol treatment. In PsychNews International, Vol. 2.
• 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.
• Peele, S. (1997, August 22), Golfer can't blame all his problems on drinking. Daily Record (Morris County, New Jersey), p. A19.
• Peele, S. (1997), Introduction to Ken Ragge's The Real AA. In: Ken Ragge, The Real AA. Tucson, AZ: See Sharp Press.
• Peele, S., & Brodsky, A. (1997), The Great Zinberg/McCaffrey Debate. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. & A. Brodsky (1998), Gateway to nowhere: How alcohol came to be scapegoated for drug abuse. Addiction Research, 5, 419-426.
• Peele, S. (1998), Introduction to Charles Bufe's AA: Cult or Cure. Tucson, AZ: See Sharp Press.
• Peele, S. (March/April 1998), All wet. The gospel of abstinence and twelve-step, studies show, is leading American alcoholics astray. The Sciences, pp. 17-21.
• Peele, S. (Spring 1998), Ten radical things NIAAA research shows about alcoholism. The Addictions Newsletter (The American Psychological Association, Division 50) (Vol 5, No. 2), pp. 6; 17-19.
• Peele, S. (1998), The results for drug reform goals of shifting from interdiction/punishment to treatment. International Journal of Drug Policy, 9:43-56.
• Peele, S. (1998, July), Alcoholism and the elderly — The new epidemic? The Star Ledger (Newark), July 29, p. A19.
• Peele, S. (1998), The persistent, dangerous myth of heroin overdose. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. & DeGrandpre, R.J. (1998), Cocaine and the concept of addiction: Environmental factors in drug compulsions. Addiction Research, 6:235-263.
• Peele, S. (1999, March/April), John Allen of the NIAAA's response to Stanton Peele's article on Project MATCH in 'The Sciences'. The Sciences, 5; pp. 46-47.
• Peele, S. (1999, April), The AA member who drinks. AOL Addiction and Recovery Forum.
• Peele, S. (1999, May 12), Growing heroin use among the young and affluent? New York Times.
• Peele, S. (1999), The fix is in. A Commentary on "The Fix" (Massing, 1998) and "An Informed Approach to Substance Abuse" (Kleiman, 1998). International Journal of Drug Policy, 10, 9-16.
• Peele, S. (1999), Is sex really addictive? Review of "Sexual addiction: An integrated approach", by Aviel Goodman. Contemporary Psychology, 44:154-156.
• Peele, S. (1999), Introduction. In S. Peele & M. Grant (Eds.), Alcohol and pleasure: A health perspective, Philadelphia, PA: Brunner/Mazel, pp. 1-7.
• Peele, S. (1999), Promoting positive drinking: Alcohol, necessary evil or positive good? In: S. Peele & M. Grant (Eds.), Alcohol and pleasure: A health perspective, Philadelphia: Brunner/Mazel, pp. 375-389.
• Peele, S. (1999, October), Bottle battle: The latest fight over wine labels is part of the ongoing struggle between wets and drys. Reason, pp. 52-54.
• Peele, S. (1999), Foreword. In: Robert Granfield and William Cloud, Coming clean: Overcoming addiction without treatment
• Peele, S. (2000, January), Treating the blues away. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (2000, February), On being Jewish, a communist, and a drug legalizer. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (2000, February 14), McCain has two standards on drug abuse. The GOP candidate is a hawk in the drug war, yet his wife got no penalty. Los Angeles Times, p. B5.
• Peele, S. (2000, March), Trends in American drinking and drinking problems: Drinking less and suffering more. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (2000, April), A national failure at moderation. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (2000), Consumption and dependence: Inextricable link or cultural/subjective connection? Presentation held at "Measuring drinking patterns, alcohol problems, and their connection: An international research conference," Skarpö, Stockholm, April 3-7. (Microsoft PowerPoint file)
• Peele, S. (2000), How are we doing with drinking in America? Testimony at Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms: "Health claims and other health-related statements in the labeling and advertising of alcohol beverages," Washington, DC, April 26. (Microsoft PowerPoint file)
• Peele, S. (2000), The Life Process Program. Derived from "The Truth about Addiction and Recovery." (Microsoft PowerPoint file).
• Peele, S. (2000), The nature of addiction and its implications. Presentation held at 25th Annual Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society, Montreal, May 31-June 4. (Microsoft PowerPoint file)
• Peele, S. (2000, Summer), Sex, Drugs and Dependency. When does too much of a good thing become a 'behavioural disease'? Last Magazine, p. 56.
• Peele, S. (2000), Little drunken rats. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (2000), Eliminate bad crops — rent hell. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (2000), Reflections on Nordic drinking: Oslo and public drunkenness. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (2000), Why controlled drinking never dies. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (2000), The five greatest recovering athlete stories. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (2000), The drug reform movement is doing the wrong thing. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (2000), The road to hell. Review of 'Mental Hygiene: Classroom Films — 1945-1970'. International Journal of Drug Policy, 11:245-250.
• Peele, S. (2000, August 13), Everything in Moderation. The debate over alcohol: Is one too many? Star Ledger (New Jersey), p. 1 (Perspective Section).
• Peele, S. (2000), Watch out Jews — the booze is going to get you! The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (2000), A psychologist reviews a play about addiction. Review of David Hare's "My Zinc Bed," at the Royal Court Theatre, London, September 7 - October 28, 2000. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (2000), Foreword to Rebecca Fransway's 12-Step Horror Stories: True Tales of Misery, Betrayal and Abuse. Tucson, AZ: See Sharp Press.
• Peele, S. (2000, November), After the crash. Reason, pp. 41-44.
• Peele, S., & A. Brodsky (2000), Exploring psychological benefits associated with moderate alcohol use: A necessary corrective to assessments of drinking outcomes? Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 60: 221-247.
• Peele, S., & Archie Brodsky (2000), Guidelines for sensible cannabis use. Prepared for, and with the assistance of, Cannabis Action Network, Berkeley, CA. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (2000), What addiction is and is not: The impact of mistaken notions of addiction. Addiction Research, 8:599-607.
• Peele, S. (2000), Downey's relapse no surprise. Daily Record (Morris County, NJ), Friday, Dec 10.
• Brady, M. (2000), The Diseasing of Australia? Debates over biological vs environmental determinants of Aboriginal alcohol misuse. Annual Stanton Peele Addiction Lecture, University of Deacon, Melbourne, Australia, October 24.
• Peele, S. (2001), Court-ordered treatment for drug offenders is much better than prison: Or is it? Reconsider Quarterly, Winter 2000-2001, pp. 20-23.
• Peele, S. (2001), Is gambling an addiction like drug and alcohol addiction? Developing realistic and useful conceptions of compulsive gambling. Electronic Journal of Gambling Issues: eGambling, [On-line serial], 3.
• Peele, S. (2001), The new consensus—"Treat 'em or jail 'em" —is worse than the old. DPFT News (newsletter of the Drug Policy Forum of Texas), February, pp. 1; 3-4.
• Peele, S. (2001), How about something different for Darryl? The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (2001, May), Drunk with power. The case against court-imposed 12-step treatments. Reason, pp. 34-38.
• Peele, S. (2001), Whose spirits have been broken anyway? Review of 'Broken Spirits: Power and Ideas in Nordic Alcohol Control'. Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift, 18(1), 2001, 106-110.
• Peele, S. (2001), Will the Internet encourage or combat addiction? Review of 'Telematic Drug and Alcohol Prevention: Guidelines and Experience from Prevnet Euro'. Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift, 18(1), 2001, 114-118.
• Peele, S. (2001, July/August), The world as addict. Review of "Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World," by David E. Courtwright. Psychology Today, p. 72.
• Peele, S. (2001, Summer), Change is natural. This is why therapists and helpers must embrace natural processes. SMART Recovery News & Views, pp. 7-8.
• Peele, S. (2001, May), The end of drunkenness? International Center for Alcohol Policies, Website: Invited Opinion, May, 2001 <http://www.icap.org/invited/opinion_peele.html> (reprinted with permission).
• Peele, S. (2001), American Heart Association advisory, "Wine and Your Heart," is not science-based. Circulation, 104, e73.
• Peele, S. (2002, May), Hungry for the next fix. Behind the relentless, misguided search for a medical cure for addiction. Reason, pp. 32-36.
• Peele, S. (2002, Spring), Moral entrepreneurs and truth. Smart Recovery News & Views, pp. 8-9.
• Peele, S. (2002, Summer), What is harm reduction and how do I practice it? SMART Recovery News & Views, pp. 5-6.
• Peele, S. (2002, August), Harm Reduction in Clinical Practice. Counselor: The Magazine for Addiction Professionals, pp. 28-32.
• Peele, S. (Winter, 2003), What I discovered among the aboriginals. SMART Recovery News & Views, pp. 5-6.
• Peele, S. (2003, Spring), The best and the worst of 2002. SMART Recovery News & Views, Vol. 9, pp. 6-8.
• Peele, S. (2003, July 7), Why no reduction in depression in America? Hartford Courant.
• Peele, S. (2004), The crack baby myth can itself be damaging. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (2004, May-June), The surprising truth about addiction. Psychology Today, pp. 43-46.
• Peele, S. (2004, July), Is AA's loss psychology's gain? Monitor on Psychology, Volume 35, No. 7 July/August 2004, p. 86.
• Peele, S. (2004, August), Can we cure drug addiction with drug treatments? Response to A. O’Connor, “New ways to loosen addiction’s grip,” New York Times, August 3, 2004, pp. F1, F6.
• Peele, S. (2004, July), De verrassende waarheid over verslaving. Spuit 11.
• Peele, S. (2005, October), Combating the Addictogenic Culture. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (2006), Marijuana Is Addictive – So What? The Stanton Peele Addiction Website. Also available in Hungarian.
• Peele, S. (2006, March), I Know – Let’s Really Scare Kids About Drugs! The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S. (2006), Is Mel Gibson a Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde? Sunday Times, Perth (Australia).
• Peele, S. (2006, October 18), Hail the revelation. A spell in 'rehab' is all the rage among public figures. But what's behind their sudden urge to get clean, and does it send out the wrong messages? The Guardian.
• Peele, S. (2006), Reducing Harms from Youth Drinking. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, Vol. 50(4), Dec. 2006, pp. 67-87.
• Peele, S. (2007), Editorial, The Bizarre Effort to Eliminate Underage Drinking in the U.S.: A Harm Reduction Approach to Youthful Drinking. Addiction Research & Theory, 15: 227-229.
• Peele, S. (2007), Bad advice for Lindsay Lohan. Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, August 7.
• Peele, S. (2007, August 31), A Toast to the Family. Wall Street Journal, p. A9.
• 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.
• Peele, S. (2007, November 11), Letter in response to Times Editorial: “Childhood for Dummies” (Nov. 4, 2007). New York Times.
• Peele, S. (2007, November 29), Peterson, like O.J., comes off too cool. Daily Record (Morris County, NJ), O3.
• Peele, S. (2007), The problem is addiction, not drugs. In: Addiction-Proof Your Child. New York: Three Rivers Press. pp. 11-25.
• Peele, S. (2007, December 16), Imagining part God plays in 2008 race. Daily Record (Morris County, NJ).
• Peele, S. (2007, December 31), Drug use and the candidates: Messrs. Bush and Clinton are likely only the tip of the iceberg. Wall Street Journal, p. A13.
• Peele, S. (2008, March 7), Low- budge living not easy. Daily Record (Morris County, NJ).
• Peele, S., & A. McCarley (2006, February), James Frey Told One Essential Truth. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.
• Peele, S., & A. McCarley (2006, February), James Frey’s One True Thing. The Stanton Peele Addiction Website.