Pomerleau O, Pertschuk M, Stinnett J
J Stud Alcohol. 1976 Jul;37(7):849-67. doi: 10.15288/jsa.1976.37.849.
Recent scientific research challenges a number of traditional assumptions in the treatment of alcoholism. Two major tenets, the disease conception of alcoholism and mandatory abstinence as a goal of treatment are reviewed, and insufficient evidence is found to support a dogmatic position on either.