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| Title Statement | The urge: our history of addiction / Carl Erik Fisher. |
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| Alternative Title(s) | Our history of addiction |
| Author | Fisher, Carl Erik |
| Additional Contributors | Neely, Lannois |
| Publication | St. Paul: Minnesota State Services for the Blind, Communication Center,2022. |
| Extent of Item | 1 DAISY audio disc (13 hours, 22 minutes) |
| General Notes | Available from BARD courtesy of the Minnesota State Services for the Blind, Communication Center. Local book number: DB56039. |
| Performance Credits | Narrated by: Lannois Neely. |
| Audience & Ratings | Unrated. Female narrator. |
| Contents | Introduction -- Author's note -- Part one. Behavior in search of a name --One. Foundations : before "addiction" --Two. Epidemics --Three. A disease in the will --Part two. The age of intemperance --Four. Possession --Five. The first American opioid epidemic --Six. Junkies --Part three. The roots of modern addiction --Seven. The modern alcoholism movement --Eight. Good drugs and bad drugs --Part four. Addiction on trial --Nine. Rehabilitation --Ten. Zero tolerance --Eleven. Understanding addiction --Conclusion. Recovery. |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary | An authoritative, illuminating, and deeply humane history of addiction by a psychiatrist striving to understand his own family and himself. Adult. Unrated. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Addicts--History |
| Psychiatrists--Biography--United States | |
| Alcoholics--Biography | |
| Alcoholics--Biography--Rehabilitation | |
| Compulsive behavior--History | |
| Substance abuse--History | |
| Compulsive behavior--Treatment | |
| Substance abuse--Treatment | |
| Alcoholism | |
| By Name | Fisher, Carl Erik--Mental health |
| By Genre | Autobiographies |
| Nonfiction | |
| Talking books | |
