title: Voices of the afflicted.
abstract: Over the past 10 years, I have been privileged to conduct educational forums for audiences containing many recovering alcoholics or otherwise chemically dependent persons. In these forums about the addictive diseases and their treatment and research possibilities, significant interaction with the audience members occurs. During these interactions, certain anecdotal phenomena seem to predominate.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy 78712-1074, USA.
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Erickson
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D013695:Temperance / Q000523:psychology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome