What is Alcoholics Anonymous? : a path from addiction to recovery / Marc Galanter, MD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Galanter, Marc, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcoholics Anonymous.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 255 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Summary:

Alcoholics Anonymous has two million members worldwide; yet this fellowship remains a mystery to most people, and is even viewed by some as a cult or a religion. Written by an award-winning psychiatrist and educator in the treatment of alcohol and drug abuse, What Is Alcoholics Anonymous? provides the most in-depth overview to date of this popular and established yet poorly understood recovery movement. The result is a thorough, objective, and accessible investigation into what AA is, how it works, and how the organization might be considered and used by both healthcare professionals and anyone affected by pursuit of recovery.

Contents:

Cover

What is Alcoholics Anonymous?

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Alcoholics Anonymous in the Public Arena

1. Its Origin and Evolution

2. Controversies:

Questions about God and a Higher Power

Does AA Overpromise?

Is Addiction a Disease?

3. How I Got Involved

Part II: The Alcoholics Anonymous Experience

4. Engagement

5. The Steps

6. Sponsorship

7. Spiritual Awakening

8. Further Involvement

Part III: Alcoholics Anonymous in the Setting of Addiction Treatment

9. Its Place in Medicine

10. The Rehabs

11. How it Changes the Brain

12. Alcoholics Anonymous's Effectiveness

13. Other Options

Epilogue

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-027657-6

OCLC:

1096536657