Addiction and Alcoholism: The Form of the Disorder

Below you will find the PDF of my latest monograph.

First, a brief excerpt: “…here, my main focus is the syndrome we all know as alcoholism (when present for alcohol) or addiction (when present for other drug classes).  And what I address about addiction illness in this work is the form of the disorder.”

Here’s the Table of Contents.

Introduction                                                                                   

Part 1:  Two First-Rank Symptoms

Part 2:  Susan Holman, MD Quotation

Part 3:  The Big Five – Norman Hoffmann, PhD

Part 4:  Neurotic, Borderline, Psychotic

Part 5:  Physical Dependence, Psychological Dependence

Part 6:  Denial of the Problem and the Solution

Part 7:  Progression        

Part 8:  Positive Trauma

Part 9:  Mental Relapse

Part 10:  Addiction Ontology and Epistemology

Part 11:  Summary, Counter-Arguments, and Closing

Acknowledgements:

I would like to thank the following people for their comments and encouragement concerning earlier versions of this manuscript:  Kelsey Crowe, LCSW, LCAS, CCS; Denise Kagan, PhD; Tayler Mariner, LCSW, LCAS, CSI; and Vada “Katlyn” Nordstrom, MA, LCMHC, LCAS.