Stanton Peele

Stanton Peele, Ph.D., J.D., is a seminal figure in the addiction field.  His Website, www.peele.net, has long been a fixture on the Internet. Since the publication of Love and Addiction in 1975, he has been a pioneer in applying addiction beyond the area of drugs and alcohol, social-environmental causes of addiction, harm reduction treatment (nonabstinent improvements for addicts), and self-cure of addiction. He has presented these ideas and data in a series of nine books and over 250 professional and popular articles. His first article on addiction, "Love can be an addiction," was published in Psychology Today in 1974—and he has written for PT in every decade since. Recognition for his academic achievements in addiction has included the Mark Keller Award from the Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Drug Policy Alliance.  Dr. Peele lectures internationally on the meaning, treatment, and future of addiction. He has developed the Life Process Progam for treating addiction, and is now working with Ilse Thompson - co-host of stinkin-thinkin.com - on True Recovery (c).