~*~1966~*~ Drunk's Diary
Title: Drunk's Diary
Author: Theodore Van Dorn
Published by: Philosophical Library, NY
Copyright: 1966 by Philosophical Library, Inc., NY.
Library of Congress Catalog Card no. 66-22347
Pages: 116
Forward:
Theodore Van Dorn, in his book Drunk's Diary, treats Essential matters in describing the dilemma that alcoholics suffer in the Chronicity of their illness.
This volume is well organized; the case histories in his book could well
Describe Mr. Van Dorn's own life, a life leading insanity or death, had he
Not sought help from Alcoholics Anonymous. As a student of alcoholism, a Public Health worker for twenty years, devoting the past seven years exclusively to the field of alcoholism, my travels have taken me to Yale University of Wisconsin and Rutgers University; as the Director of a large metropolitan alcoholism program which deals with hundreds of alcoholics yearly, I can say in all sincerity that Mr. Van Dorn's book is documentary evidence that alcoholics are not hopeless and that alcoholism is a treatable illness. The author's twelve years of sobriety have been happy, fruitful years; his years as an alcoholic can best be described as a living amoung the living dead.
CONTENTS:
The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
Introduction
Some Tragedies
This is Alcoholism
Minutes are Nights
Decline
God Is
One Day at a Time
Some Recoveries
The Growth of Faith