This collection of writings by Harry Tiebout one of the first psychiatrists to describe alcoholism as a disease are seminal documents in the history treatment and understanding of alcoholism. One of the first psychiatrists to describe alcoholism as a disease rather than a moral failing or criminal activity Harry M. Tiebout was also one of the first to wholeheartedly endorse Alcoholics Anonymous as an effective force in the struggle against compulsive drinking. This volume brings together for the first time some of Tiebouts most influential writings. Many of these piecesfrom explorations of the therapeutic approach to alcoholism to instructive discussions of the act of surrender so crucial to recoveryare seminal documents in the history treatment and understanding of alcoholism. Together they represent the significant contribution of one man to the countless lives shaken by alcoholism and steadied with the help of Alcoholics Anonymous psychiatric intervention and the foresight and commitment of doctors like Harry Tiebout. show more