An outstanding effort filled with important information for those who treat alcoholics, live with alcoholics, or who are alcoholics.... A significant contribution to the field, and all who deal with alcoholics would benefit from reading it.'--Science Books and Films, Review of 'Understanding the Alcoholic's Mind.'

A thoroughly readable and rich introduction to...the process of recovery from alcoholism.'--New England Journal of Medicine, Review of 'Understanding the Alcoh…

Ludwig's book is outstanding. It pulls together a mound of pertinent data, much of it new, into coherent patterns...Throughout the book the reader is offered a…

Ludwig offers a unique integrative perspective which encompasses the clinical wisdom accrued through twenty-five years of experience as an alcoholism researche…