num_pages: 263
description: In 1934 William Seabrook was one of the most famous journalists in the world. He was also an alcoholic. But there was no treatment for his disease. So he checked himself into an insane asylum. There from the perspective of a travel writer he described his own journey through this strange and foreign place. Today you cant read a page in the book without seeing him bump unknowingly into the basic principles of 12-step groups and then thwarted by well meaning doctors (like the one who decides hes cured and can start drinking again). On a regular basis he says things so clear so self-aware that youre stunned an addict could have written itshocked that this book isnt a classic American text.
language: English
title: Asylum
publisher: Harcourt, Brace & Company