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June 1974

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<emphasis type="italic">Parlez-Vous</emphasis> Alcologia?

"Alcologia," the language of denial, rationalization, and projection unique to the alcoholic, can be so convincing that even psychiatrists may be fooled into accepting and condoning the reasons an alcoholic gives for his drinking. The first requirement for treatment, therefore, is that the therapist learn to understand his language, [according to] Abraham Twerski, MD, medical director of Gateway Rehabilitation Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.

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