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Even in the 1940s, Gordon Bell, founder of the Donwood institute and now 80, was treating alcoholism as an addiction when others viewed it as just a moral problem
Even in the 1940s, Gordon Bell, founder of the Donwood institute and now 80, was treating alcoholism as an addiction when others viewed it as just a moral problem

Even in the 1940s, Gordon Bell, founder of the Donwood institute and now 80, was treating alcoholism as an addiction when others viewed it as just a moral problem

Date10/31/1991
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  • Even in the 1940s, Gordon Bell, founder of the Donwood institute and now 80, was treating alcoholism as an addiction when others viewed it as just a moral problem
  • Even in the 1940s, Gordon Bell, founder of the Donwood institute and now 80, was treating alcoholism as an addiction when others viewed it as just a moral problem
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Original Toronto Star caption: Even in the 1940s, Gordon Bell, founder of the Donwood institute and now 80, was treating alcoholism as an addiction when others viewed it as just a moral problem
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0031838F
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      Alcoholics and their wives both undergo counselling at Toronto's Donwood Institute, directed by Gordon Bell (above)
      Alcoholics and their wives both undergo counselling at Toronto's Donwood Institute, directed by Gordon Bell (above)
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      Donwood Institute's Gordon Bell, Ahead of his time life section
      Donwood Institute's Gordon Bell, Ahead of his time life section
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      Donwood's Gordon Bell: A dependency that threatens survival
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