Donald W. Goodwin

About the author: Donald W. Goodwin was a professor of psychiatry at the University of Kansas and the author of several books on alcoholism, including Is Alcoholism Hereditary? and Alcoholism: The Facts, from which this viewpoint is excerpted.

Antabuse, a drug that makes people physically ill when they drink, has been the most widely used drug for alcohol therapy for the past 25 years. Antabuse has had a controversial history due to early deaths cause by overdoses of the drug. However, Antabuse promises a recovery from alcoholism as long as the patient complies with the doctor's orders to take Antabuse and to see the doctor every 3 to 5 days, so that the doctor can facilitate the recovery process by identifying any underlying emotional or psychological problem that may be...