Factors in the Development of Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.)

Leach, Barry; Norris, John L.

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“…Many of the current efforts among the health professions to assist distressed members have incorporated the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), an organization that has been suggested to hold promise for professionals with alcoholism (Kaye, 1980; Leach, 1968; Thoreson, 1984; Thoreson & Budd, in press). Alcoholics Anonymous constitutes for many alcoholics an “important component of long-term recovery” (Hoffmann, Harrison, & Belille, 1983).…”

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Alcoholism among psychologists: Factors in relapse and recovery.

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1986

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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The demographic, alcohol use, and drug use characteristics, work behavior, and recovery experiences of 108 alcoholic psychologists in an abstinence-based recovery organization (Psychologists Helping Psychologists) were investigated through survey sampling procedures. Respondents were similar in several variables to psychologists in the American Psychological Association and to other health professionals with drug and alcohol problems. The majority of respondents were in good recovery and tended to use a wider variety of relapse-prevention strategies as their length of sobriety increased. Respondents reported several indicators of alcohol-related work impairment, which was observed though seldom confronted by colleagues. Results of multiple regression analyses revealed that alcohol dependence and quality of sobriety were related to relapse and that use of a broad array of relapse-prevention strategies and satisfaction with several life areas were related to the length of sobriety.

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Alcoholism among psychologists: Factors in relapse and recovery.

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Krauskopf³

1986

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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“…The history of AA is well described elsewhere (Leach & Norris, 1977;Robinson, 1979;Alcoholics Anonymous, 1976). It began essentially with the efforts of one alcoholic to help another in Akron, Ohio, U.S.A. in May 1935.…”

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The Minnesota Model in the Management of Drug and Alcohol Dependency: miracle, method or myth? Part I. The Philosophy and the Programme ^★

Cook

1988

British Journal of Addiction

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The Minnesota Model is an abstinence orientated, comprehensive, multi-professional approach to the treatment of the addictions, based upon the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. It espouses a disease concept of drug and alcohol dependency with the promise of recovery, but not cure, for those who adhere to it. The programme is intensive, offering group therapy, lectures, and counselling based upon a pattern developed in Minnesota, in the United States, during the late 1940s and the 1950s. Its origins and content are distinct from the 'Concept Houses' and the wider Therapeutic Community movement, but it incorporates themes held in common with both of these treatment approaches.

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“…Tiebout also describes a conversion experience in the lives of alcoholics who achieve abstinence through involvement with AA (Tiebout, 1944;Tiebout, 1961). C. G. Jung believed that a genuine conversion experience may provide the only hope of recovery for some alcoholics (see Leach & Norris, 1977). Adler & Hammett (1973) postulate a common therapeutic process of 'Crisis, Conversion and Cult Formation', which they apply to AA.…”

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The Minnesota Model in the Management of Drug and Alcohol Dependency: miracle, method or myth? Part II. Evidence and Conclusions*

Cook

1988

British Journal of Addiction

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Factors in the Development of Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.)

Cited by 57 publications

References 242 publications

Alcoholism among psychologists: Factors in relapse and recovery.

Alcoholism among psychologists: Factors in relapse and recovery.

The Minnesota Model in the Management of Drug and Alcohol Dependency: miracle, method or myth? Part I. The Philosophy and the Programme ^★

The Minnesota Model in the Management of Drug and Alcohol Dependency: miracle, method or myth? Part II. Evidence and Conclusions*

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Factors in the Development of Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.)

Cited by 57 publications

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Alcoholism among psychologists: Factors in relapse and recovery.

Alcoholism among psychologists: Factors in relapse and recovery.

The Minnesota Model in the Management of Drug and Alcohol Dependency: miracle, method or myth? Part I. The Philosophy and the Programme ★

The Minnesota Model in the Management of Drug and Alcohol Dependency: miracle, method or myth? Part II. Evidence and Conclusions*

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The Minnesota Model in the Management of Drug and Alcohol Dependency: miracle, method or myth? Part I. The Philosophy and the Programme ^★