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Article: Predictors of adolescent A.A. affiliation. (Alcoholics Anonymous)
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- Adolescence
- Article date:
- June 22, 1996
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Thousands of teenagers are treated each year in in-patient or residential settings for drug and alcohol dependency. The majority of these programs use the traditional treatment model, also known as the Minnesota Model (Littrell, 1991). This model emphasizes addiction as a disease where one achieves recovery through abstinence, and that one must participate in a support group such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in order to maintain this abstinence. Patients attend AA while hospitalized and are encouraged to continue their attendance upon discharge. AA itself has seen a tremendous growth in membership over the last decade. Currently there are over one million members in the ...
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