The Washington Post, October 25th, 1988
It is unfortunate that the House of Representatives recently voted to overrule a Veterans Administration policy calling alcoholism "willful misconduct" {"House Votes to Restore Benefits to Alcoholic Veterans," Oct. 18}. Contrary to the claim that this is an important victory for all recovering alcoholics, it is first and foremost a victory for the alcoholism treatment industry and a defeat for scientific medicine. Ironically, on April 20, 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with the bible of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). AA is one of the strongest proponents of the disease model of alcoholism. Th...
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