Silkworth The Little Doctor Who Loved Drunks Author:  Dale Mitchel Publisher: Hazelden Publishing Hardcover, 288 pp. Item #: 1933 ISBN: 1568387946 Date of Publication: 2002 Price: $28.95 Order online: http://www.hazelden.org/ Order by phone: 1.800.328.9000 "Alcoholism is an obsession of the mind that condemns one to drink and an allergy of the body that condemns one to die." In the 1930s, this statement by Dr. William Duncan Silkworth flew in the face of conventional wisdom that alcoholism was a moral failing. Risking his professional reputation, Dr. Silkworth articulated the medical observations and spiritual principles that helped to make the Alcoholics Anonymous program the success story it is today. Key features and benefits: only biography authorized by the Silkworth family contains exclusive collection of Dr. Silkworth's complete writings the definitive story of a man who challenged conventional wisdom about addiction • Back to excerpts & photo's ________________________________________________________________ Permission to post this page, photograph's and excerpts granted by: Hazelden-Pittman Archives Press Copyright information for excerpts & photograph's: © 2002 by Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved. Published 2002. Printed in the United States of America No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the written permission of the publisher. Disclaimer: Silkworth.net is not affiliated with The Hazelden Foundation nor is it the practice of Silkworth.net to offer anything for sale for profit. All information for the purchase of the above Silkworth biography, will be directly linked to The Hazelden Foundation. In other words, you will be purchasing the book directly from The Hazelden Foundation and not from Silkworth.net. Silkworth.net makes no money from the sales of said book.

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