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Title: With a Lot of Help from Our Friends : The Politics of Alcoholism by Nancy Olson ISBN: 0-595-27037-9 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: The Missing Link: Harold Hughes, Ambassador for Christ
Comment: The problem with this title is that it writes of a public figure whose life changed after the period covered by the book. Yes, Harold Hughes was an alcoholic. Yes, Harold Hughes was a Governor. Yes, Harold Hughes was a strong legislative advocate for alcoholics' rights. But that's not the Harold Hughes who spoke and wrote to me about some views he fervently held. In fact, it was he who first contacted me - by phone. He pointed out that he had left the political scene to devote himself to witnessing for Christ. He stressed the importance of having public figures step forward with their full names, identify themselves as believers, make clear they had defeated the ravages of alcoholism, and stand tall for the power of God. It was that view which prompted his founding of SOAR. It was that view that resulted in his writing the Foreword to That Amazing Grace (http://www.dickb.com/titles.shtml). And it was that view that was left out of the instant book. No comment on its relevance half a century ago. But Harold Hughes should be depicted as the Christian, healed, outspoken champion of alcoholics who believe and want to be cured.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book for public policy lovers
Comment: As a person who teaches policy to students who are not very interested in it, I greatly appreciate Nancy Olson's interesting and readable account of public policy development for the alcoholism treatment field during the latter half of the last century. Most of the public policy for this field in our country has focused on law enforcement rather than humane and sensible responses to addiction. Ms. Olson's book also reminds us that sweeping policy change like the 1970 Hughes Act, which is the centerpiece of this book, actually begins decades earlier and reverberates for years to come. This one act, amazingly ushered into existence by a one term Senator, was a stunning victory for those who care about really solving the alcohol addiction problem in our country.
I worked in the field when this legislation passed. I can really appreciate the perspective of someone who was making things happen in Washington at the same time that I was working with the OEO program in our community developing community resources and getting people into AA, which was all the real help there was at the time. It was facinating to see that side of the action and to remember those promising days.
Linda Farris Kurtz, ACSW, DPA
Professor, Eastern Michigan University
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