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Becoming alcoholic : Alcoholics Anonymous and the reality of alcoholism / David R. Rudy.
Van Pelt Library HV5297.M55 R83 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rudy, David R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alcoholics Anonymous--Case studies.
- Alcoholics Anonymous.
- Alcoholics--Middle Atlantic States--Case studies.
- Alcoholics.
- Middle Atlantic States.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 173 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [1986]
- Summary:
- Affiliation with Alcoholics Anonymous parallels religious conversion, according to David R. Rudy in this timely study of the most famous self-help organization in the world. Drinkers who commit themselves to Alcoholics Anonymous embrace the radically different life-style, the altered world view of the convert. To understand this conversion and, more important, to get a grip on the even deeper mystery of alcoholism itself.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 143-165.
- ISBN:
- 0809312441
- 080931245X
- OCLC:
- 12107646
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