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Ernest Kurtz, Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous, Hazelden Educational Foundation, Center City, MN, 1979, page 136 and pages 416-417, "Closed Sources and Their Status To Scholars". If anyone would like to check on the source, that would be helpful. FYI I have checked a couple of Orange's references, and they were accurate.
Alcoholics Anonymous is the largest of all of the twelve-step programs (from which all other twelve-step programs are derived), followed by Narcotics Anonymous; the majority of twelve-step members are recovering from addiction to alcohol or other drugs. The majority of twelve-step programs, however, address illnesses other than substance addiction.
Alcoholics Anonymous was the first 12-step program and has been the model for similar recovery groups such as Nicotine Anonymous, Al-Anon/Alateen, Gamblers Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Sexaholics Anonymous, Clutters Anonymous and Overeaters Anonymous." Remarkable how the article changes when you remove the POV language "AA's policy is THIS.
The spokesperson said the group welcomes any serious efforts to treat alcoholics — and that includes the efforts of the medical profession. The spokesperson cited an Alcoholics Anonymous pamphlet that reads, “No A.A. member should ‘play doctor’; all medical advice and treatment should come from a qualified physician.”
Wasted: Tales of a Gen-X Drunk is a memoir of the author's experiences with alcoholism. [22] [23] [24] The author takes a cynical view towards Alcoholics Anonymous. [2]He describes his early life growing up in relative suburbia in the state of Maryland, close to Washington, D.C. [1] [2] He recounts attending Catholic educational institutions where drinking alcohol was socially acceptable at a ...
MATCH is an initialism for Matching Alcoholism Treatments to Client Heterogeneity. The project was an 8-year, multi site, $27-million investigation that studied which types of alcoholics respond best to which forms of treatment. MATCH studied whether treatment should be uniform or assigned to patients based on specific needs and characteristics.
Most common are 12-step groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous and self-help groups for mental health. Professionally operated support groups are facilitated by professionals who most often do not share the problem of the members, [1] [2] such as social workers, psychologists, or members of the clergy. The facilitator controls discussions and ...
Better studies to cite for the Meeting section would likely include "Alcoholics Anonymous as a mutual-help movement: a study in eight societies By Klaus Mäkelä, Alcoholics Anonymous" from World Health Organization's Regional Office for Europe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.108.234.247 19:47, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
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