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Becoming Alcoholic : Alcoholics Anonymous and the Reality of Alcoholism by Rudy PhD, Professor David R is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Becoming Alcoholic : Alcoholics Anonymous and the Reality of Alcoholism about?

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 of the convert. To understand this conversion and, more important, to get a grip on the even deeper mystery of alcoholism itself, Rudy sought to answer these three What processes are involved in becoming alcoholic? How does the alcoholic affiliate with, and become committed to, A. A.s belief system? What is the relationship between the world of A. A. members and that constructed by alcohologists? Rudy establishes the history and structure of A. A. and examines the organizations relationship to dominant sociological models, theories, and definitions of alcoholism.

Author

Rudy PhD, Professor David R

Publisher

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9780809312450

Subjects

Self Help, Social Science, Lifestyle