Women in Alcoholics Anonymous : recovery and empowerment / Jolene M. Sanders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanders, Jolene M., 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcoholics Anonymous.

Women alcoholics.

Women alcoholics--Rehabilitation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (157 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : FirstForumPress, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Can a recovery program like Alcoholics Anonymous inadvertently discourage women from seeking treatment? Are there ways that it can more effectively contribute to their sobriety? Combining individual personal narratives with statistical data, Jolene Sanders offers valuable insight into how women adapt the twelve-step program and interact with the masculine culture of AA in ways that allow them to conquer addiction and take control of their lives.

Contents:

""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-Why Alcoholism Is a Feminist Issue""; ""Second-Wave Feminism and Its Perspective on AA""; ""General Feminist Concerns about AA""; ""AA as a Feminist Locus""; ""Feminist Interpretations of AA and the Study�s Methodology""; ""Notes""; ""2-Women and Alcoholism""; ""General Demographics""; ""Past History""; ""Other Related Problems""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""3-Women in Recovery""; ""Length of Time in Sobriety""; ""Attendance at Mixed vs. Women-Only AA Meetings""

""Reasons for Attending Women-Only AA Meetings""""Meeting Preference""; ""Help Yourself in Recovery""; ""Outside Treatment""; ""Other Twelve-Step Programs""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""4-Women�s Struggle with Surrender: Steps One through Three""; ""The First Step""; ""The Second and Third Steps""; ""Conclusion""; ""5-Women Cleaning House: Steps Four through Nine""; ""The Fourth and Fifth Steps""; ""The Sixth and Seventh Steps""; ""The Eighth and Ninth Steps""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""6-Women Passing It On: Steps Ten through Twelve""; ""The Tenth and Eleventh Steps""

""The Twelfth Step""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""7-Conclusion: Empowering Women, Collectively and Individually""; ""Measures of Feminist Empowerment: Gender Roles""; ""Measures of Feminist Empowerment: Other Indices""; ""Forms of Personal Empowerment""; ""A Final Note on Twelve-Step Work, Spirituality, and Feminism""; ""Toward a Conclusion: The Larger Twelve-Step Culture and Feminism""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-935049-77-1

OCLC:

1334343873