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title	:	Hazelden, a Spiritual Odyssey
author	:	McElrath, Damian.
publisher	:	Hazelden Publishing
isbn10 | asin	:	0894864513
print isbn13	:	9780894864513
ebook isbn13	:	9780585322124
language	:	English
subject	Hazelden Foundation--History, Alcoholics--Rehabilitation--Minnesota--History, Alcoholics Anonymous.
publication date	:	1987
lcc	:	HV5278.M35 1987eb
ddc	:	362.2/9286
subject	:	Hazelden Foundation--History, Alcoholics--Rehabilitation--Minnesota--History, Alcoholics Anonymous.

Page iii Hazelden A Spiritual Odyssey Damian McElrath, Ph.D.

Page iv First published September, 1987. Copyright 1987, Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 0-89486-451-3 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 87-80566 Printed in the United States of America.

Page v Contents Preface 1 Introduction 5 1. The Genesis of an Idea 11 2. The Beginnings 23 3. The Program Keep It Simple 39 4. Enter the Butlers The Corporate Culture 51 5. Fellowship Club 59 6. The Willmar Connection 69 7. The Bridge from Willmar to Hazelden 83 8. A Decade of Growth 1952-1961 93 9. Dia Linn Arboretum and Laboratory 107 10. The Changing of the Guard 117 11. The Years of Communal Genius 129 12. The Culmination of an Idea 143 13. A Spiritual Odyssey 149 14. A Continuing Spiritual Odyssey 157 Select Bibliography 167 Index 171

Page vii Acknowledgments Hazelden Educational Materials gratefully acknowledges Midwest Editions for its contribution toward the production of this book and its continuing support to the Hazelden Foundation. Editors Judy Delaney, Don Freeman Artist David Spohn The author wishes to acknowledge everyone who helped make this book a reality, especially his wife Sandy, whose patience and support brought this venture to a safe harbor.

Page 1 Preface When I arrived at Hazelden in 1977 as a Clinical Pastoral Education trainee, I was struck by the power that Hazelden had for radically changing the course of people's lives. Indeed, my personal spiritual journey had come to a halt without my being aware of it, and my association with Hazelden has allowed me to rediscover and re-create my own spiritual odyssey. My perspective of Hazelden over the past decade permits me to view the institution, its people, and its accomplishments as a nineteenth century writer might have called "an unfolding." I see the history of Hazelden as a continuing journey, historical in design and structure, but spiritual in its purpose and accomplishments. I view Hazelden's unfolding as a journey still unfinished. I hope the following pages will justify my title calling Hazelden itself a spiritual odyssey, and that its history is simply a testimony to that. The written history of Hazelden has been attempted many times before this. Previous writers who had been assigned to or who were volunteers for the task found it unmanageable, surrendered, and turned it over to a future author. There were good reasons why the early attempts did not meet with success. One reason was that clear guidelines as to what type of history or publication Hazelden sought had never been established. Perhaps this was a prudent omission, with management simply trusting a process beyond its control or understanding. There had been suggestions for a pamphlet for alumni and departing patients; or perhaps a trade book for the public, presenting the entire history of alcoholism treatment in Minnesota and the intimate role Hazelden had played in it. Other suggestions included publishing a pamphlet which would praise and promote the type of health care Hazelden provided; or finally, a

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