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would like to
get any historical information or sources you have
regarding the early non training of alcoholics to help
others, committment to state hospitals

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I'm a tad concerned that your use of the term "non training" suggests
that you've already decided what you will find in your historical
exploration.

In any case, for an "up close and personal" look at the experience
of an alcoholic going through a mental hospital treatment experience
in the 1930s it's going to be hard to beat Willie Seabrook's book, _Asylum_
(1935).

For an overview of pre-AA alcoholism treatment in the 1930s, see Katherine
McCarthy, "Early Alcoholism Treatment: The Emmanuel Movement and Richard
Peabody," Journal of Studies on Alcohol 45:59-74, 1984.

Mel B. contributes an interesting and readable perspective on 1930s
treatment in his _New Wine : The Spiritual Roots of the Twelve Step
Miracle_, Hazelden, 1991.