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Games Alcoholics Play

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Random House Digital, Inc., Mar 9, 2011 - Psychology - 224 pages
The most lucid account of the patterns of problem drinkers ever set down in a book!

Drawing on soundly tested theories of transactional behavior, Dr. Steiner describes the three distinct types of alcoholics -- Drunk and Proud, Lush and Wino -- and their games, scripts and rackets: Debtor... Kick... Cops and robbers... Plastic Woman... Captain Marvel...Ain't it awful... Schlemiel... Look how hard I've tried... and others.

His approach is the single most useful tool for dealing with alcoholism since A.A. and the Twelve Steps, and offers the first real help -- and hope -- for problem drinkers and their families.


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Contents

THEORY OF PERSONALITY
3
Second Order Structural Analysis
19
Oedipus Revisited
27
Decisions
39
6 Diagnosis
51
Theoretical Antecedents to Script Theory
71
8Drunk and Proud Lush and Wino
83
SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF GAMES
105
The Contract
127
Sobriety
136
14 Treatment of the Newly Abstaining Patient
144
Alcoholism and Script Analysis
152
How to Avoid Playing the Game
158
17 Treatment Strategies in Script Analysis
168
SUMMARY
187
BIBLIOGRAPHY
193

10 After Scripts What?
115
Myths of Alcoholic Treatment
119

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