Making meaning of Alcoholics Anonymous for social workers: myths,...

Social Work;  March 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......meaning of the term Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) varies, depending...cannot speak for AA (AA literature on various...obtained by writing to Alcoholics Anonymous, Box 459, Grand...original volume of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA World Services...

These people are all members of a religious cult At least that's the...

The Independent - London;  August 19, 2001 ;     700+ words ......court declared Alcoholics Anonymous a "religion...members of his AA group told police...guilt made in an AA meeting had the...undeniable that Alcoholics Anonymous has a strong religious...Charles Bufe's book AA: Cult or Cure...concluded that Alcoholics Anonymous ...

Author lifts veil of mystery from Alcoholics Anonymous

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 12, 1988 ;     700+ words ......straight into Alcoholics Anonymous, and I haven...that: "Without AA I am convinced...Better: Inside Alcoholics Anonymous (Morrow, $17...major book about AA that was not...the two shaky alcoholics who co-founded AA in 1935: Bill...

Alcoholics Anonymous discourse and members' resistance in a virtual...

Contemporary Drug Problems;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......conventional or ideal AA. KEY WORDS: Newsgroups, Alcoholics Anonymous, discourse...When looking at AA practices more...however, the Alcoholics Anonymous philosophy and...AA and real AA-that is, as the Alcoholics Anonymous program is actually...

KEEPING IT TOGETHER: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MARKS 60 YEARS

Post-Tribune (IN);  June 11, 1995 ;     664 words ......dead without it. They said Alcoholics Anonymous dramatically altered their...time without alcohol. On AA's 60th anniversary on Saturday...temptations of a tavern. "Through AA I've found a new life, a...Munster physician, joined AA six years ago. "I got to...nothing changed until I joined ...

Where nobody knows your name; The anonymity of Alcoholics Anonymous is...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......personalities. - Tradition Twelve, Alcoholics Anonymous Don Shelby is a very public...public. But ask Shelby about Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and he will not say whether...alcoholism: First, that Alcoholics Anonymous is not synonymous with...anonymity as envisioned by AA ...

Exploring patterns of remission from alcohol dependence with and without...

Contemporary Drug Problems;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......who attended AA experienced more...never attended AA. This study explored...WORDS: Alcohol, Alcoholics Anonymous, population survey...aid group. The Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) story describes...classic" pattern of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) experience...used ...

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS THRIVES IN OUR VILLAGE

Sun Publications (IL);  January 21, 1999 ;     700+ words ......been helping Lake County regarding Alcoholics Anonymous. We sat down to visit and I was...a large population of Hispanics, Alcoholics Anonymous is enhancing their program through...problem with alcohol without help. Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women...

Storytelling in Alcoholics Anonymous: a Rhetorical Analysis.(Book Review)

The Oral History Review;  December 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ...STORYTELLING IN ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: A RHETORICAL...about narrative in Alcoholics Anonymous that allowed people...Because narrators in AA honor a code of...Storytelling in Alcoholics Anonymous is a must-read...story-teller in AA is not entertaining...narratives of ...

Focus; Another Road to Recovery; A New Group Offers an Alternative to...

The Washington Post;  May 14, 1991 ;     700+ words ......finally hauls Joe to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, it is anything...an addiction to alcohol, AA helps Lemmon's character...remain under the table. No AA for her. She can stop drinking...moral: Good drunks go to AA. Bad drunks continue to...Come Back, Little Sheba": AA was ...

ONE DAY AT A TIME: The idea, Alcoholics Anonymous members say, is to...

Charleston Gazette;  August 10, 2002 ;     434 words ......wvgazette.com He found his way to Alcoholics Anonymous in the back of a car on the...eyes," Mark said. Because of AA, an organization for alcoholics...Southeastern Regional Conference for AA, which Mark is attending, finishes...nation were expected to attend. AA, a spiritual program based...

Alcoholics Anonymous celebrates an anniversary.(Originated from Knight...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 9, 1998 ;     411 words ......is the founding anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous. Sixty-three years ago, in 1935...only to Smith's sobriety but to AA's founding. AA later split from Oxford and developed...program. ``It's interesting that AA does not celebrate its anniversary...

Table where Alcoholics Anonymous began back in Akron home.

Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  March 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the history of Alcoholics Anonymous. And because of...table _ where AA founders sat and...the founding of AA here, but to all...principles of AA, but it also is...first edition of Alcoholics Anonymous _ what is referred...be forgotten. AA was founded June...Dublin, ...

AA and treatment: best together.(Alcoholics Anonymous )(Brief...

Clinical Psychiatry News;  November 1, 2005 ;     142 words ...Alcoholics Anonymous and treatment for alcoholism work best...professional help at the same time as joining AA, while 25% joined AA only, and 26% only sought professional...participated only in treatment but later entered AA, those who entered treatment and AA together...

Table where Alcoholics Anonymous began back in Akron home.(Knight Ridder...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 29, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the history of Alcoholics Anonymous. And because of...table _ where AA founders sat and...the founding of AA here, but to all...principles of AA, but it also is...first edition of Alcoholics Anonymous _ what is referred...be forgotten. AA was founded June...Dublin, ...