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Duff, Gordon Cosmo. "Ideological dilemmas of alcoholics anonymous and narcotics anonymous recovery." Thesis, City, University of London, 2017. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/17334/.
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The present study aimed to map out how members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) construct themselves, in talk, as being in recovery. This study adopted a social constructionist epistemology and a Foucauldian discourse analytic research methodology. A total of nineteen adults in self-reported AA and/or NA recovery were interviewed. Four individual interviews and three discussion groups were held. Analysis found that, on the whole, participants drew on AA/NA discourse in ways that were contradictory, subversive, pragmatic, dilemmatic and aligned with agency. Analysis generated four main themes: difference; possession; powerlessness-agency; and transformation. Participants tended to construct themselves not as objectivised subjects, but as exercising agency to knowingly draw on AA/NA discourse to practice care of the self and ethical selfgovernance. Other recent psychological studies have arrived at similar findings. AA/NA may, then, possess values that are more closely aligned with the humanistic ethic that informs counselling psychology and psychotherapy than is sometimes supposed. This is significant, because some authors have argued that the low rate of practitioner referral into AA/NA is caused by an ideological tension between the humanistic privileging of subjectivity and the perception that AA/NA subjects its members. Given the inexorable expansion of the addiction concept to most forms of human experience, it is likely that practitioners will be increasingly likely to work with addiction presentations in their clinical practice. It is therefore hoped that this study will challenge practitioners to reflect on why they don't work in partnership with 12- step programmes more often. More qualitative research in this important area will help to develop our understandings of subjectivity in AA/NA and other forms of 12-step recovery.
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Rayburn, Rachel. "WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR ADDICTIONS, BUT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR RECOVERY": A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE LI." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2008. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2286.
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This is an exploratory, qualitative study of homeless, recovering alcoholics and the problems they encounter maintaining sobriety. Using semi-structured interviews, I analyze the experiences of ten men in their forties, who are in a recovery program designed for homeless men. I ask them how they stay sober without a place to live. Three kinds of problems are inferred from their narrative histories. First, the men have difficulty identifying as alcoholics. They have trouble fully integrating into the AA program. Second, the men struggle to form relationships with others, especially with a sponsor. Third, the process of "working the steps" is adapted complexly, more than in a normal twelve-step setting. The findings indicate that homeless men face special barriers to achieving and maintaining sobriety. I conclude by discussing the larger implications for sobriety, homelessness and social change within this community.M.A.
Department of Sociology
Sciences
Applied Sociology MA
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Madden, Patricia. "ALCOHOLISM, A.A., AND THE CHALLENGE OF AUTHENTICITY." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2005. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2477.
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This thesis examines the possibilities of living an authentic life for an alcoholic, both in and out of Alcoholics Anonymous. Authenticity is explored using the existential models put forth by Jean-Paul Sartre and Soren Kierkegaard. Alcoholics Anonymous figures prominently in this analysis. It is suggested that A.A. acts inauthentically in its claims that it is not a religious organization. A.A. creates special problems for female alcoholics because of the sexist and masculinist nature of its primary literature. While A.A. claims that its message is the only way by which an alcoholic can recover, other treatment methods exist. Suggestions are made that A.A. revise its main texts, and two alternative organizations to A.A. are briefly discussed.M.A.
Office of Liberal and Interdisciplinary Studies
Arts and Sciences
Liberal Studies
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Kannamthanam, Sebastian J. "A smooth transition from the "higher power" of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) to the religious spirituality of Christianity can be achieved in the lives of the recovering Catholic patients in the detoxification unit at the Serenity Hall, Bedford, by effecting a commitment to Christ and Biblical principles and principles of Catholicism." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
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Cox, Christopher William. "An approach to alcoholism for the clergy." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1989. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p051-0023.
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Ermann, Lauren Sheli. "The Lived Experiences of Older Women in Alcoholics Anonymous." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51176.
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The purpose of this study was to describe, analyze, and better understand the lived experiences of women age 50 and older in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Guiding this inquiry were the following research questions: 1) How do the older women participants experience the AA program? 2) What aspects of AA do older women consider beneficial? 3) What aspects of AA do older women consider detrimental? 4) What do older women consider as important conditions to succeed in the AA program? 5) How did these older women elicit meaning in their involvement with AA? and 6) How was the narrative aspect of AA experienced by the participants?Fourteen older women from AA meetings in Southwest Virginia participated in two qualitative interviews. The results were represented by narrative descriptions of each participant\'s experiences and analyzed for common themes across the stories, which were presented and discussed. For these participants, the AA program was found to intersect with narrative therapy. AA, like narrative therapy, highlights deconstructing and re-authoring life stories through personal narratives. Storytelling itself proved to be among the most important traditions of AA and a core benefit to the storyteller (and to a lesser extent, the listener). Study participants found that telling their stories allowed for 1) a way to give back to the program, 2) a feeling of belonging to the group, 3) a welcome reminder to the speaker of her past struggles with alcoholism, and 4) a spiritual experience. Many of the women articulated their early concerns with publicly sharing at meetings, as well as their ongoing considerations of boundaries, over-sharing, and conflicts of interest in storytelling. Finally, in an unexpected finding, the women cultivated and maintained intimate friendships with other women in AA that addressed relevant issues beyond sobriety including everyday needs and life challenges. Social activities often transcended the boundaries of the meetings.
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Brent, Suzanne S. (Suzanne Stokes). "The History of Alcoholism Treatment in the United States." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277997/.
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The treatment of alcoholism has had a unique historical development in the United States. This study provides a chronology of how the problem of alcoholism was defined and handled during various time periods in United States history. The process that evolved resulted in an abstinence based, comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of alcoholism as a primary disease based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. This treatment modality, that developed outside of established medicine, is currently used by the majority of treatment providers.
Seven individuals who have been actively involved in alcoholism treatment were interviewed. In addition to archival research, biographies and autobiographies were examined to gain a broad perspective. Because alcoholism is both a collective and an individual problem an effort was made to include a microsociological frame of reference within a broad sociological view.
Alcoholism, or inebriety, was first perceived as a legal and moral problem. By the end of the 19th century, inebriety was recognized as an illness differing from mental illness, and separate asylums were established for its treatment. Alcoholism is currently accepted and treated as a primary disease by the majority of social institutions, but the legal and moral implications remain.
National Prohibition in the early part of the 20th century targeted alcohol instead of the alcoholic delaying any progress toward treatment which was made in the 19th century. The advent of Alcoholics Anonymous brought the first widely accepted hope for alcoholics. The treatment process that developed utilized the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous in a setting of shared recovery which has been difficult to quantify. In 1970 the allocation of federal funds for treatment and research brought the involvement of new disciplines creating both conflicts and possibilities. Alcoholism recovery has elucidated the connection of mind, body, and spirit.
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Barrett, David. "The 12 steps of recovery and the Orthodox scriptural tradition." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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Horarik, Stefan. "Social Environment and Subjective Experience: Recovery from Alcoholism in Alcoholics Anonymous in Sydney, Australia." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1117.
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This thesis studies the relationship between subjective experience and social environment during recovery from alcoholism in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). As a result of participation in AA meetings, many alcoholics undergo healing transformations involving a sense of acceptance of themselves, others and the world. In early sobriety these experiences often remove an alcoholic’s desire to drink. Outside AA, however, alcoholics frequently experience subjective unravelling – a sense of conflict with themselves, others and the world. For many, this subjective state is associated with actual or potential craving for a drink. Regular participation in AA meetings alleviates these states. This thesis construes the relationship between subjective experience and immediate social environment in terms of ‘experiential stakes of relevance’. This conceptual category can be used to characterise both the structural properties of the social environment and the key attributes of the subjective experience of agents within this environment. Listening to stories at AA meetings results for many alcoholics in a radical change in ‘experiential stakes of relevance’. It is argued that the process of spontaneous re-connection with one’s past experiences during AA meetings is akin to the process of mobilisation of embodied dispositions as theorised by Bourdieu. Transformation in AA takes place in the space of a mere one and a half hours and involves processes of intensification of experience. These are analysed in terms of Bourdieu’s notion of ‘illusio’ and Chion’s notion of ‘rendu’. The healing experiences of acceptance presuppose a social environment free of interpersonal conflict. This thesis argues that the need to structurally eliminate conflict between alcoholics has turned AA into a social field which is sustained by the very healing subjective experiences that it facilitates. In the process, AA has developed structural elements which can best be understood as mechanisms inverting the social logic of competitive fields. The fieldwork entailed a detailed ethnographic study of one particular group of Alcoholics Anonymous in Sydney’s Lower North Shore as well as familiarisation with the more general culture of AA in Sydney. Methods of investigation included participant observations at AA meetings and interviews with a number of sober alcoholics in AA.
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Horarik, Stefan. "Social Environment and Subjective Experience: Recovery from Alcoholism in Alcoholics Anonymous in Sydney, Australia." University of Sydney, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1117.
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Doctor of PhilosophyThis thesis studies the relationship between subjective experience and social environment during recovery from alcoholism in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). As a result of participation in AA meetings, many alcoholics undergo healing transformations involving a sense of acceptance of themselves, others and the world. In early sobriety these experiences often remove an alcoholic’s desire to drink. Outside AA, however, alcoholics frequently experience subjective unravelling – a sense of conflict with themselves, others and the world. For many, this subjective state is associated with actual or potential craving for a drink. Regular participation in AA meetings alleviates these states. This thesis construes the relationship between subjective experience and immediate social environment in terms of ‘experiential stakes of relevance’. This conceptual category can be used to characterise both the structural properties of the social environment and the key attributes of the subjective experience of agents within this environment. Listening to stories at AA meetings results for many alcoholics in a radical change in ‘experiential stakes of relevance’. It is argued that the process of spontaneous re-connection with one’s past experiences during AA meetings is akin to the process of mobilisation of embodied dispositions as theorised by Bourdieu. Transformation in AA takes place in the space of a mere one and a half hours and involves processes of intensification of experience. These are analysed in terms of Bourdieu’s notion of ‘illusio’ and Chion’s notion of ‘rendu’. The healing experiences of acceptance presuppose a social environment free of interpersonal conflict. This thesis argues that the need to structurally eliminate conflict between alcoholics has turned AA into a social field which is sustained by the very healing subjective experiences that it facilitates. In the process, AA has developed structural elements which can best be understood as mechanisms inverting the social logic of competitive fields. The fieldwork entailed a detailed ethnographic study of one particular group of Alcoholics Anonymous in Sydney’s Lower North Shore as well as familiarisation with the more general culture of AA in Sydney. Methods of investigation included participant observations at AA meetings and interviews with a number of sober alcoholics in AA.
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Newcombe, Scott Ryan. "Shame and self-compassion in members of Alcoholics Anonymous." Thesis, The Wright Institute, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10107161.
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Persons suffering from addiction have been found to have higher shame and lower self-compassion than non-addicted persons yet lower shame and greater self-compassion are associated with improved treatment outcomes (O'Connor, Berry, Inaba, Weiss, & Morrison, 1994; Wiechelt & Sales, 2001; Brooks, Kay-Lambkin, Bowman & Childs, 2012). This study examined the relationship between various aspects of the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) program and levels of shame and self-compassion. The sample consisted of 148 active AA members; 32% had been members for over ten years whereas 16% had under a year of sobriety. The results found significant negative correlations between level of engagement in AA as measured by the AA Involvement Scale, length of time attending AA meetings, time clean and sober and shame as measured by the Internalized Shame Scale. The study also found significant positive correlations between level of engagement in AA, length of time attending AA meetings, time clean and sober and self-compassion as measured by the Self Compassion Scale. Out of a range of AA activities that included prayer and meditation, working with a sponsor and meeting attendance, the activities most predictive of lower shame and higher self-compassion were active social activities such as meeting with AA members outside of meetings, meeting with sponsees, and being a speaker at meetings. The study also found that participants who completed the fifth step (sharing their amends with their sponsor) had significantly lower levels of shame and higher levels of self-compassion compared to those who hadn't done a fifth step. Likewise, participants who completed the ninth step (making their amends) had significantly lower levels of shame and higher levels of self-compassion than those who had not completed this step. In a step-wise regression that regressed level of engagement in AA, time attending AA meeting, time clean and sober, and completion of the fifth and ninth steps onto shame and self-compassion, only time clean and sober was significant in predicting lower shame and higher self-compassion; this accounted for 21% and 20% of the variance in outcome, respectively. These findings suggest that AA members who actively engage in the program experience continued benefits with more sobriety, lower shame and higher self-compassion. Recommendations for further research are discussed.
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Glassman, Hannah. "Negotiating group membership in Alcoholics Anonymous: A critical qualitative inquiry." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/29956.
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Introduction
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international mutual aid/peer-to-peer organisation designed to support anyone who wants to stop drinking alcohol. It is well-established that AA membership typically involves the adoption of a distinct “alcoholic” identity, with new members generally learning that they have no control over alcohol and need to perform specific AA-recommended actions to remain abstinent. Studies have demonstrated that the adoption of AA’s prototypical “alcoholic” identity can be an effective means of maintaining abstinence and improving overall wellbeing. However, critics have denounced AA for propagating a highly prescriptive narrative to understand the nature of problematic alcohol use and recovery. AA has also been frequently criticised for being underpinned by an outdated medical model of “alcoholism” and Christian ideology.
Given the organisation’s contentiousness, there is a need for balanced research that considers and integrates the perspectives of both its defenders and critics. To better understand AA’s strengths and weaknesses, the overarching objective of this thesis was to critically explore varied individual experiences in AA. In particular, this thesis aimed to investigate the processes and outcomes of negotiating group membership in AA, including accepting, resisting, and/or rejecting AA ideology and practices.
Methods
To collate and critique the existing literature base, a systematic literature search and critical review of 21 qualitative interview studies with AA members was conducted (Chapter 2). Interviews with 11 ex-members of AA were then examined using an interactionist conception of “social career” involving conversion and deconversion as a guiding theoretical framework, exploring their experiences of integrating into AA and the reasons why they ultimately rejected AA ideology and practices (Chapter 3). Interviews with 15 AA members were interpreted with a “politics of belonging” theoretical lens, identifying the aspects of AA ideology and practices that were negotiable, as well as those that had to be adopted entirely to belong comfortably (Chapter 4). Finally, 19 prospective interviews conducted over 12-18 months examined the experiences of six AA members and were analysed using a “master narrative” theoretical perspective, highlighting both the benefits and costs of adopting AA ideology and practices (Chapter 5).
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The systematic review (Chapter 2) found that past qualitative interview studies in this field have mostly reported the positive experiences of members who had accepted AA ideology and practices. Common themes across the reviewed studies included that “alcoholics” are “powerless” over alcohol, need to hit “rock bottom” to achieve abstinence, and undergo positive personal changes as a result of their AA involvement. Results highlighted several issues with the methodological quality of the reviewed articles, including a lack of critical positioning in introductory literature reviews or researcher positionality statements.
Prominent findings across the empirical studies (Chapters 3-5) related to members’ varied experiences accepting, resisting, or rejecting AA ideology and practices. While several small-scale components of AA ideology and practices were able to be modified or resisted by current members (e.g., constructing a personalised conception of a “higher power”), identifying as being powerless over alcohol was found to be a non-negotiable element of AA membership (Chapter 4). Findings also suggested that membership typically involves internalising the overarching narrative that “alcoholics” are emotionally and mentally sick (above and beyond problems with alcohol) and need AA to achieve and maintain wellness (Chapter 5). Ex-members reported ultimately rejecting various aspects of AA ideology and practices, such as the notions that they were powerless over alcohol, chronically sick, and needed to perform AA-recommended actions to maintain their recovery (Chapter 3). They commonly described AA’s understandings of “alcoholism” and approach to recovery as overpathologising, moralising, and detrimental to their sense of self and intellectual freedom. In contrast, most current members reported wholly positive experiences from accepting AA ideology and practices and valued their AA membership for supporting their abstinence, increasing their self-insight, and providing a routine of daily actions that enhanced their sense of wellbeing (Chapter 5).
Findings additionally highlighted that the collective acceptance of AA ideology and practices within its peer-to-peer system can promote a level of conformity that can be constraining for individual members. Although identifying as having a shared disease of “alcoholism” generally provided a strong sense of belonging for members (Chapter 4), those who had left AA problematised the social forces that promoted the adoption of shared self-understandings and worldviews (Chapter 3). Ex-members discussed their integration into AA as a problematic “indoctrination” or “brainwashing” process and commonly sought assistance to “deprogram” from the beliefs they had adopted (Chapter 3). The analysis of current members’ responses similarly indicated that the internalisation of AA’s narrative within its peer-to-peer system can hinder members’ abilities to develop their own independence and individuality (Chapter 5). Overall, findings emphasised that the general acceptance of AA’s strong core narrative within the AA community can make it difficult for members to comfortably resist or reject aspects of AA, or to explore or embrace beliefs or behaviours that challenge AA.
Conclusion
This thesis enhances our understanding of how AA membership can be negotiated and the complexities and nuances inherent across individual experiences in AA. In particular, it illuminates key strengths and weaknesses of AA’s peer-to-peer structure and its strong core narrative that is internalised and embodied by members. It introduces a number of conceptual, practical, and ethical issues to consider, and highlights the importance of researching AA through theoretical frameworks that can produce balanced and critical analyses. Further research is required to more fully comprehend experiences in AA across larger and varied samples.
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Hall, Pamela S. "Spirituality and quality of life : a study of recovering alcoholics /." View abstract, 1999. http://library.ctstateu.edu/ccsu%5Ftheses/1567.html.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Central Connecticut State University, 1999.Thesis advisor: Carol Shaw Austad. " ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Art [in Psychology]." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-48).
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McAndrew, John P. "True stories Alcoholics Anonymous and the rites of Christian initiation of adults as communities of conversion /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.
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boyles, bryan. "HOW DOES ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AFFECT DRINKING OUTCOMES? A GROUNDED THEORY PERSPECTIVE." VCU Scholars Compass, 2017. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5047.
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The mutual aid of Alcoholics Anonymous helps more people with alcohol-related problems than all forms of clinical treatment combined. Yet, efforts to understand AA’s action have been conducted, almost exclusively, from a clinical perspective. Thus far, the literature representing Alcoholics Anonymous from the perspective of its members is very limited. This study uses qualitative content analysis of the AA literature and a grounded theory approach to AA’s fellowship to provide an insider’s perspective of change processes associated with AA involvement. This understanding of the AA literature posits that Alcoholics Anonymous involvement results in life improvement, changes in spirituality, improved well-being, an acceptance of powerlessness over alcohol and a sense of fellowship. This understanding of AA’s fellowship posits that Alcoholics Anonymous involvement results in increased life meaning, reduced insecurity, loneliness, anxiety and shame.
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Chamberlain, Linwood H. "A new members' class using the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
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Bentley, Dianne. "Quantitative Assessment of Psycho-Social Factors Associated with Alcoholics Anonymous Involvement." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4594.
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Alcohol use disorders are a major health problem in the United States; approximately 7.4% of the population meets the criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence. However, Reed, Levin, and Evans (2012) reported a lack in research regarding alcoholism's risk factors and how these influence Alcoholics Anonymous involvement. Though there is evidence for several risk factors, researchers have found mixed results regarding gender and impulsivity. Social learning theory was the theoretical foundation of this study and guided the exploration and interpretation of these risk factors. Therefore, the purpose of this quantitative, nonexperimental study was to understand the relationship that impulsivity (as measured from the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-15) and gender contribute to involvement (as measured by the Alcoholics Anonymous Involvement scale), as well how impulsivity may moderate gender-based differences. Based on this goal, the target population included individuals who have been a part of the Alcoholics Anonymous program in an urban location in a Western state. This study followed a purposive sampling procedure to target this population, which resulted in a final sample of 136 participants. A series of analyses including chi squares, t-tests, and an ANCOVA did not provide any evidence that involvement depended on gender or impulsivity. This study provides a better understanding of how gender and impulsivity influence attendance and will enhance intervention practices and improve outcomes for people suffering from alcohol addiction. By increasing knowledge on Alcoholics Anonymous involvement, and why it works for some and not for others, the study provides support for professionals, families, and communities involved with participants of the program.
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Freeman, Denise A. ""It's like a Gordian Knot" : how older men in sobriety experience their emotions in therapy, using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis." Thesis, Roehampton University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10142/556933.
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Older men are an under-researched population in Counselling Psychology. This thesis explores how older men in sobriety experience their emotions in therapy and aims to understand the meaning of these experiences from a psychologically gendered subject perspective. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with six older men (aged 62 and above) and interview transcripts were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), a qualitative methodology that focuses on the lived experience and the meaning people give to these experiences. The analysis highlighted significant challenges for older men when attempting to unlock, process or discuss emotions in therapy. The analysis also revealed positive transformational effects by those who were able to transcend the confines of gendered constructs with concerted emotional investments. The two master themes are: (1) CONTROL/REGULATION OF EMOTIONS including subthemes: Challenges to unlocking emotion; Importance of therapeutic emotional containment; Role of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in the emotion sharing experience and (2) TRANSFORMATION/ALLEGIANCE TO SELF, including subthemes: Selfactualisation; Going into the heart of emotions as an emotional-spiritual journey. Participants expressed challenges to unlocking their emotions in therapy,which were mainly experienced as controlled or suppressed. Aging, masculinity and helpseeking theories, as well as addiction and recovery literature, are discussed in light of the findings along with suggestions for future research and implications in Counselling Psychology.
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Gabhainn, Saoirse Nic. "The relationship between social networks, social support and membership of Alcoholics Anonymous." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299553.
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Werner, Gretchen. "Transformation and Recovery: Spiritual Implications of the Alcoholics Anonymous Twelve-Step Program." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:24078366.
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The purpose of this study was to examine spiritual implications and program involvement among Alcoholics Anonymous members (N = 116). Subjects completed self-report measures such as the Daily Spiritual Experience scale (DSE), Alcoholics Anonymous Involvement Inventory (AAI), and a modified version of the Purpose in Life (PIL) measure. Based on previous research, Hypothesis 1 predicted that greater involvement in the program would correlate to length of sobriety. Significance was found between steps completed and months sober (r =.32, p<.01, 2-tailed). Hypothesis 2 suggests that higher levels of spirituality would be correlated with longer sobriety rates. However, there was no significant relationship between the DSE and months sober, although, there was a significant relationship between the Purpose in Life (PIL) scale and Months sober. This supports our hypothesis that spirituality correlates with months sober (r =.24, p<.05, 2-tailed). Hypothesis 3 suggested that more active participation and commitment to the Alcoholics Anonymous program would influence greater purpose in life. This was mostly supported by our results. Together these findings suggest the need to seek alternate study designs in searching for the association between spirituality and alcohol dependence/recovery. The current study may point to a need to shift focus in addiction recovery and spirituality research. Examining strategies to promote the program of AA may be the more deserving exploration focus than the ongoing research of the relationship between spirituality and recovery.
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Hosmane, Mala Sita. "Relationship between Spirituality and Perceived Social Support with Success in Alcoholics Anonymous." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7477.
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Failure in treatment and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) leads to continued addiction, but practitioners need to learn which factors predict better outcomes in AA to make better referrals. Here, the predictive relationship between spirituality and perceived social support with success in AA was examined based on Frankl's theory on meaning in life. A quantitative, correlational design was used to determine whether there was a statistically significant predictive relationship between spirituality, as measured by the Assessment of Spirituality and Religious Sentiments, and perceived social support, as measured by the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, with success in AA, as measured by the binomal sobriety variable with either totally sober over the last 90 days or not. Data were collected using an anonymous online and in person survey, and logistic regression was used to analyze the data on the final sample of 93. Inclusion criteria was adult age, U.S. residency, and former or current AA membership. The new model's classification table was nonsignificant without improving classification of cases as sober/nonsober. The overall model was significant per the chi-square results and the spirituality odds ratio was significant in predicting sobriety. Therefore, there was a significant predictive relationship found between spirituality and success in AA, but not for perceived social support. Recommendations include AA's value despite spirituality or social support level for recovery and spirituality as still a tool in recovery. Positive social change implications include better understanding of the factors leading to success in AA, and therefore better referrals to AA or other such adjunctive support services needed, which can improve outcomes for clients struggling with alcohol addiction.
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Rogers, Maria Dawson Dagley John C. "Professional counselors' perceptions of the role of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in substance abuse treatment a qualitative narrative /." Auburn, Ala., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/2000.
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Linquist, Michelle D. "Locus of control, self-efficacy, and spiritual coping style among members of Alcoholics Anonymous." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3605035.
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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an organization that seeks to help its members achieve recovery from alcoholism through participation in the AA fellowship and adherence to a 12 step program. Reliance upon a Higher Power is a key tenet of AA, which could suggest a more externally-oriented locus of control. However, research has shown that a more internally-oriented locus of control is associated with longer sobriety. Abstinence self-efficacy and positive religious coping have also been associated with enhanced recovery from substance use disorders. The purpose of this study was to examine locus of control, abstinence self-efficacy, and spiritual coping style in a community sample of AA members. The relationship of locus of control and abstinence self-efficacy to length of sobriety was also examined. The participants were 76 subjects who were recruited from AA meetings in Northern California and the state of Washington. There were 43 females (57%) and 33 males (43%), with a mean age of 39.29 years, and a mean of 3.41 years of sobriety. Participants completed a research questionnaire regarding demographic data, AA involvement, addiction history, and religious and spiritual beliefs. They also completed the Drinking-Related Locus of Control Scale (DRIE), the Alcohol Abstinence Self-Efficacy Scale (AASE), and the Brief RCOPE, a measure of religious coping style. The results indicated that this sample endorsed a relatively internal locus of control, a fairly high level of abstinence self-efficacy, and a more positive than negative religious coping style. Support was found for several of the researcher's hypotheses: internal locus of control and positive religious coping were associated with higher abstinence self-efficacy; positive religious coping was associated with internal locus of control; and internal locus of control and higher levels of abstinence self-efficacy were associated with longer sobriety. Negative religious coping was not associated with lower abstinence self-efficacy, nor did it correlate with external locus of control. The results suggested that belief in a Higher Power and participation in AA were not incompatible with the constructs of internal locus of control and abstinence self-efficacy for this sample. Other findings, clinical implications, limitations, and suggestions for future research are also explored.
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Feldheim, Andrew. "The Spiritual Dynamic in Alcoholics Anonymous and the Factors Precipitating A.A.'s Separation From the Oxford Group." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1373280161.
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Dougherty, Owen Robert. "The twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous as a model for moral conversion in American culture." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.
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Young, Sarah Marie. "Understanding and preaching about recovery from a twelve step perspective." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2006. http://www.tren.com.
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Coleman, Mitchell Carl. "Contribution of Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on temperance to the contemporary effort to understand and treat addiction." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2007. http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/179.
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Galen, Gary William. "An exploration of A.A.'s twelve step spirituality for the purpose of communicating a right understanding of law and gospel for recovering Lutheran alcoholics." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
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Dewill, Per, and Emma Sandblom. "12-stegsprogrammets frön i gemenskapens trädgård : En kvalitativ studie om programmets avgörande komponenter för behandling av alkohol- och drogmissbruk." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-155424.
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This candidate's essay initially describes addiction problems in Sweden. The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare proposes methods to handle the problem. Standalone self-help groups such as Anonymous Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous (u.å.c; 2018) provide the 12-step program as an alternative to government recommendations. This essay aims to study this alternative method using a qualitative and inductive approach in order to interpret determinants which benefits the program as well as formulate a theory that can understand the process. The authors researched the 12-step program’s history and describes the actual places which were observed as well as their pre-understanding of the program. In accordance with studies on human life situations ethical principles have been reported and used recurrently. To increase understanding of the phenomenon, previous studies on the program has been researched; knowledge bases regarding classifications; psychological; sociological approaches and qualitative methods. Thereafter, an explanation of the usage of relevant concepts in the work. Data collection is done exclusively with micro-ethnographic methods, respondents who volunteered have experienced the 12-step program of one of the two selected self-help groups. Furthermore, Grounded theory and Narrative analysis was used to interpret collected data, a detailed description was constructed in order to enhance the study’s transferability. Generated codes resulted in a conceptualization of a triangular effect between the concepts of motivation; spirituality and the group. Trinity was analyzed and two additional determinants, receptiveness and structure, were formulated. This study concludes that introduction of the 12-step program is defined by an initial personal receptiveness and an adequate structure, these phenomena interact recurrently when the individual meets the other determinants of the program. Which are described as an internal process of reflection (spirituality); external physical action (motivation) and collective social development (the group). Together, the five determinants constitute the success of the 12-step program which the authors try to verify theoretically by problematizing the content.
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O'Halloran, Sean. "An investigation into the display of complementarity and symmetry in the discoursal practices of meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/10337.
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This is a study of the discoursal interactional practices members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) use to display their alignment to the AA programme and to fellow participants in AA meetings. An ethnographic study was initially done of an Alcoholics Anonymous group in a location in a cosmopolitan city in Asia. This part of the study was undertaken to allow the researcher to immerse himself in AA discourse and culture in order to gain access to the everyday understandings embedded in AA life and discourse. It was also necessary to ascertain if AA in that part of the world was significantly different from AA elsewhere which has relevance to the significance of the findings. Following ethnographic immersion, research using an ethnomethodological approach was undertaken. Data were collected through audio recordings and transcription of eleven AA meetings held in two locations in Asia. Through the analysis of the differing discoursal practices which characterise different stages of AA meetings, it is demonstrated that they contain three episodes constituted by contrasting interactive features. Two of these are seen as framing the interactive episode involving 'sharing'. The two framing episodes contain a sequentially structured series of fixed, multimode turns. They frame the interactive heart of the meeting which involves the sharing turns. All three episodes are marked by an intertextual alignment to AA literature and belief system. Data from the sharing episode is analysed and demonstrates the employment of sustained turns allows participants discoursal space to co-construct their personal narrative around and through an AA meta-narrative which exemplifies the necessity and relevance of the Twelve Steps in their lives, and thus their dependency on AA. The data also reveal the institutional nature of the turn taking system and demonstrates that it is the mechanism whereby the institutional goals of AA are realised. The construction of a shared identity as alcoholics is reflexively related to the shared range of discoursal practices employed. The lack of differentials in the range of discoursal practices employed constitutes nondifferentiated roles among participants which are displayed though sustained discoursal symmetry. This construction of symmetry and dependency is seen as a discoursal manifestation of what Gregory Bateson sees as the necessary realignment in the combative dualist worldview of the alcoholic whereby 'surrender' brings about acceptance of self, one's alcoholism and the world.
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Siaghail, Patricia Ua. "A periscope on the change experience in Alcoholics Anonymous from the triune perspective of Jung, Tillich and A.A." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/7460.
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Irving, James Graeme. "How does AA's 12 Steps and membership of the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous work for addressing drinking problems?" Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/how-does-aas-12-steps-and-membership-of-the-fellowship-of-alcoholics-anonymous-work-for-addressing-drinking-problems(0daaa05c-5030-4102-b8f5-ac1eb48c318a).html.
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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is the world’s largest and most recognisable recovery ‘program’, and central to its philosophy is the 12 Step Program. AA is a global organisation of 2.2 million members worldwide (AAWS, 2001), with a reported 3,600 weekly meetings in the United Kingdom (AAWS, 2011). AA has made many claims in their literature about the program’s effectiveness (AAWS, 2001: 84). Alcoholism is associated with a number of very serious health and social problems, including involvement in crime (Finney 2004; Fitzpatrick, 2010; Alcohol Reduction Strategy 2003). As fiscal pressure mounts, groups such as AA will be of interest to policy makers. Through an analysis of interviews with twenty long-term abstinent members of Alcoholics Anonymous, the thesis seeks to explain the effects of participation in AA’s therapeutic practices. Evidence from the literature on AA, revealed three concepts key to understanding participation in AA: Motivation to Engage (MtE), Structured Social Engagement (SSE), and Personal Agency (PA). A hypothetical model of AA-mediated behavioural change, constituted by these elements, was constructed and the findings supported this putative model. Further analysis revealed the coping strategies members of AA employed that ensured engagement with AA during stressful life events that threatened abstinence. The model was adapted to incorporate the temporal effects of long-term engagement with AA. Elements of Maruna’s (2001: 73) Condemnation Script resonated in the narratives of AA members. Contra Maruna’s analysis, AA members accepted ‘condemnation script’, but these were not negative, limiting beliefs. AA’s therapeutic practices structure, a coherent sense of self, one that supports cessation from negative patterns of drinking. The data exposed the sustained usage of AA’s discourse in the narrative accounts given. This finding extends Borkman’s (1976) Experiential Knowledge thesis, a language of ‘truth’ based on personal experience. The ‘linguistic echoes’ embedded in each narrative, suggests that a person uses AA’s discourse to ‘scaffold’ their recovery. This thesis provides an explanation of AA’s therapeutic practices of how adherence to AA’s principles, cognitively restructures the individual towards mastering self-control. AA’s philosophy and the following empirical evidence asserts abstinence as pre-requisite for recovery from alcohol dependence.
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Campos, Edemilson Antunes de. "Alcoolismo, doença e pessoa: uma etnografia da associação de ex-bebedores Alcoólicos Anônimos." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2005. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/1427.
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The major aim of this thesis is to introduce a reflection of the therapeutic model built by the Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) fellowship to care for the so-called alcoholism disease and to relate this model to the construction of the notion of the person as it appears in this model, since it is related to the construction of the identity of an alcoholic in recovery . Based on an ethnographic research carried out in the Sapopemba A.A. group located in the outskirts of the city of São Paulo, we attempt to analyze the problem of alcoholism from an emic perspective, i.e., as it is thought of and managed by those who acknowledge themselves as alcoholics . In this way we try to articulate the representations built on alcohol and alcoholism by re-constructing the notion of alcoholic person, in order to set contrasts with the ideological field of modern individualism. The thesis also looks for to demonstrate that, for A.A. members, the alcoholic disease is understood as a family disease , i.e., a disease that not only concerns the individuals but also affects those around them, family members most of all. In fact, the possibility of contagion around alcoholism is clearly identifiable. Such condition is directly linked to representations built on alcoholism, understood as a physical and moral disease. It is also linked to its effects on the set of social relationships both familial and professional in which the ex-drinker is involved. In their activities and meetings, the members of the fellowship acknowledge themselves as alcoholics in recovery , i.e., as carriers of an incurable disease, a disorder housed inside each of them with which they must learn to deal. Fundamentally, this process corresponds to setting a peculiar regime of alterity, based on the construction of an ill body and soul, in which ex-drinker is seen as another person that each alcoholic carries within; this condition must be shared with the other group members to facilitate preservation of soberness and recuperation of social bonds that were lost in the times of active alcoholism, particularly within the family and in the workplace.
O objetivo deste trabalho é o de apresentar uma reflexão sobre o modelo terapêutico construído pela irmandade de Alcoólicos Anônimos (A.A.) para dar conta da chamada doença do alcoolismo , relacionando-o à fabricação de uma noção de pessoa em seu interior, notadamente a partir da edificação da identidade de doente alcoólico em recuperação . A partir dos dados da pesquisa etnográfica realizada no grupo Sapopemba de A.A., localizado na periferia da cidade de São Paulo, busca-se analisar o problema do alcoolismo a partir de uma perspectiva êmica, isto é, tal como ele é pensado e gerido por aqueles que se reconhecem como doentes alcoólicos . Com isso, pretende-se articular as representações construídas sobre o álcool e o alcoolismo com a fabricação de uma noção de pessoa alcoólica , de maneira a estabelecer contrastes com o campo ideológico do individualismo moderno. Ao longo deste trabalho, demonstra-se que, para os membros de A.A., a doença alcoólica é entendida como uma doença da família , ou seja, uma doença que atinge o indivíduo, mas também afeta a todos aqueles que estão a seu redor, sobretudo, seus familiares. Com efeito, evidenciam-se as condições de possibilidade de contágio em torno do alcoolismo, condições essas diretamente ligadas às representações construídas sobre o alcoolismo, entendido como uma doença física e moral , e a seus efeitos sobre o conjunto de relações sociais familiares e profissionais nas quais o exbebedor está envolvido. Em suas atividades e reuniões, os membros da irmandade se reconhecem como doentes alcoólicos em recuperação , isto é, como portadores de uma doença incurável; de um mal que está alojado dentro de cada um e com o qual deverão aprender a conviver. Esse processo corresponde, fundamentalmente, à instauração de um peculiar regime de alteridade, baseado na fabricação de um corpo e de um espírito doentes, no qual a doença alcoólica é apreendida como um outro que cada dependente traz dentro de si mesmo; condição essa que deve ser compartilhada com os demais membros do grupo, possibilitando, assim, a manutenção da sobriedade e o resgate dos laços sociais, perdidos no tempo do alcoolismo ativo, notadamente, na família e no trabalho.
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Auxier, John Wheeler. "A prelude to matching: Locus of control and belief in divine intervention among members of Alcoholics Anonymous and Rational Recovery." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186703.
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The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between locus of control orientation, belief in divine intervention and successful affiliation with Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Rational Recovery (RR). "Successful affiliation" was defined in the study by the following criteria. First, a history of problem drinking as measured by a score of 12 or above on the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST). Second, at least three (3) months of continuous sobriety. Third, substantial involvement in AA or RR as measured by Reinert's (1992) Alcoholics Anonymous Involvement Scale (AAIS), or Auxier's (1994) Rational Recovery Involvement Scale (RRIS). Fifty-seven (57) subjects met the above criteria as successful AA or RR members for the study (AA n = 34, RR n = 23). Successful AA affiliates were then compared with successful RR affiliates on a locus of control measure, (the Rotter I-E Scale) and on a measure of belief in divine intervention, the Auxier (1994) Divine Intervention Scale (DIS). As hypothesized, the results of the locus of control measure showed that successful AA members were significantly more external in orientation than successful RR members (p < .016). Also as hypothesized, the results of the Divine Intervention Scale showed that successful AA members had significantly stronger beliefs in divine intervention than their RR counterparts (p < .001). These findings were interpreted using the framework of Leon Festinger's Cognitive Dissonance Theory (1957). It was suggested that AA's drop-out phenomena may be a reflection of cognitive dissonance processes. Individuals with a low belief in divine intervention and an internal locus of control may be expected to drop out of AA due to cognitive dissonance effects. A third hypothesis of the study predicted that external locus of control and strong beliefs in divine intervention would positively correlate. This prediction was not supported. This finding suggests that the impulse towards external locus of control in successful AA members has its source in non-spiritual aspects of AA's philosophy of recovery. It was concluded that locus of control and belief in divine intervention show promise as treatment matching criteria and further research using these dimensions as predictors of successful affiliation is warranted.
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Franken, Noah. "Applying the communication theory of identity to members of alcoholics anonymous| A phenomenological analysis of the expression of the recovery experience." Thesis, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10157754.
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The current study interviewed 24 members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) to analyze the expression of the addiction recovery experience. The current study also explored the theoretical boundaries of the Communication Theory of Identity (CTI) (Hecht et al., 2005) by focusing on the expression of identity-building resources drawn from the layers of CTI, and by investigating the nature of interpenetration as well as the nature of between-layer and within-layer identity gaps. Findings showed that members of AA, when talking about their recovery experience, referenced concepts that can be considered identity-building resources such as honesty, gratitude, and selflessness, relationships with sponsors and other members of AA, and relationships with friends and family outside of AA. Members also talked about enacting their recovery by identifying with the community of AA and working the 12 steps. In addition, the current study demonstrated how each of the layers and their attending resources interpenetrated to form a more complete picture of identity during recovery. For example, working the steps and learning the principles of AA fostered personal layer qualities like honesty and selflessness which helped improve relationships and, overall, helped members of AA enact their sobriety and understand themselves as successful recovering alcoholics within the community of AA. Furthermore, the current study identified and described personalenacted, personal-relational, and personal-communal identity gaps for members of AA, along with within-layer gaps, such as personal-personal, relational-relational, and communal-communal identity gaps.
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Gibson, Anthony L. "Higher ground a local church-sponsored, Christ-centered support group for the addicted and the family /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.
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Bodin, Maria. "The Minnesota model treatment for substance dependence : program evaluation in a Swedish setting /." Stockholm, 2006. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2006/91-7140-938-6/.
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Lima, Helder de PÃdua. "Grupo de auto-ajuda ao alcoolista como dispositivo da rede de apoio social." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2009. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=5718.
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CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel SuperiorEm resposta ao crescente consumo de Ãlcool e dos problemas relacionados, como uso prejudicial e/ou dependÃncia, o Brasil vem estabelecendo polÃticas pÃblicas como a de atenÃÃo integral a usuÃrios de Ãlcool e outras drogas que, por sua vez, destaca a atenÃÃo psicossocial baseada em uma rede de apoio organizada pelos Centros de AtenÃÃo Psicossocial (CAPS), articulada aos demais serviÃos de saÃde e dispositivos comunitÃrios. Grupos de auto-ajuda, como AlcoÃlicos AnÃnimos (AA), estÃo se tornando cada vez mais comuns, à medida que seus membros se organizam para conviver com o alcoolismo e resolver seus prÃprios problemas. Esta pesquisa objetivou apreender da vivÃncia de alcoolistas o modo como um grupo de auto-ajuda se constitui como dispositivo da rede de apoio social. Estudo descritivo, desenvolvido em um AA do municÃpio de Fortaleza â CearÃ, com 20 sujeitos maiores de 18 anos, que desejaram participar e se encontravam afiliados ao grupo escolhido por, no mÃnimo, um ano, frequentando regularmente as reuniÃes; e que apresentavam condiÃÃes fÃsicas e emocionais para responder aos questionamentos. Os dados foram coletados atravÃs de entrevista individual, utilizando-se um roteiro semi-estruturado; organizados em quadros; agrupados em quatro categorias que emergiram das falas dos entrevistados; o processo de anÃlise teve por base os preceitos da anÃlise de conteÃdo, de Bardin. Os resultados mostram as diferentes caracterÃsticas dos sujeitos quanto aos aspectos sociais, demogrÃficos e histÃricos de uso de drogas e vivÃncia de conseqÃÃncias adversas à sua saÃde, com interferÃncia negativa em todos os aspectos da vida: pessoal, familiar, social e econÃmica. Nos relatos, os sujeitos mencionaram a busca de ajuda espiritual, em serviÃos de saÃde e em um grupo de auto-ajuda para o tratamento da dependÃncia quÃmica; enfatizaram a contribuiÃÃo do AA na promoÃÃo da saÃde, nÃo somente pelo fato de restabelecer sua condiÃÃo fÃsica, mas, tambÃm, por ofertar subsÃdios para o empowerment e proporcionar a reinserÃÃo de pessoas com histÃrico de exclusÃo social. O grupo de auto-ajuda mostrou-se como dispositivo de apoio aos sujeitos estudados desde o acolhimento, perpassando pela oferta de um programa com metas atingÃveis, por funcionar como espaÃo que possibilitava a expressÃo do alcoolista, e por se articular com outros dispositivos da rede de apoio, fortalecendo-se enquanto tal. Com base na realidade apreendida, refletimos sobre a necessidade de, nÃs profissionais de saÃde, nos engajar mais na luta contra o uso de drogas psicoativas, tendo uma atuaÃÃo mais decisiva na construÃÃo de polÃticas e prÃticas que percebam e atendam esta condiÃÃo como problemÃtica de saÃde pÃblica complexa e que necessita de aÃÃes intersetoriais. Dada esta complexidade, esta participaÃÃo necessita de algumas condiÃÃes primordiais, como o reconhecimento da importÃncia de outros conhecimentos e dispositivos de apoio, e a realizaÃÃo de parcerias como estratÃgia de cuidado e inserÃÃo social.
In response to growing consumption of alcohol and its related problems, exemplified by harmful use and/or dependence, Brazil has been setting public policies such as full attention on alcohol and drugs users which, in turn, highlights the psychosocial care based on a support network organized by the Psychosocial Care Center (PCA), linked to other health services and community groups. Self-help groups as the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) are becoming increasingly common, as its members organize themselves in order to live and solve their own alcohol related problems. This research aimed to learn, from the experience of handling with alcoholics, how a self-help group develops itself as a social support network. The descriptive study took place in an AA from Fortaleza (CE), with 20 participants aged over 18 years-old, who wished to take part and were affiliated and regularly attending the group meetings for at least one year, and also were in physical and emotional conditions to properly respond the questionnaire. Data were collected through individual interviews, using a semi-structured road map and organized in tables, then grouped in four main categories that emerged from the interviewed testimonies. The analysis process was based on the precepts of BardinÂs Content Analysis. The results shows the diversity of characteristics about social, demographic and historical aspects related to the use of drugs, with a history of heavy use of alcohol and its adverse consequences to the health of the participants, including all sorts of negative interference in all aspects of their lives: personal, family, social and economic. It was reported by the participants the search for spiritual assistance in health services and self-help groups to drug-dependency treatment. It was also emphasized the AA contribution to the Health Promotion, not only because it restores their physical condition, but also by offering them subsidies for empowerment, and giving the possibility of reintegration of those ones previously victimized by social exclusion. The self-help group proved to be an efficient support environment to the participants, permeated by the offer of a program with attainable goals, by working as a space where the participant has a voice, and by its intersectorial ability of articulation within support network groups. Based on the perceived reality, comes the perception about the need of more health professionals engaged in the fight against the use of psychoactive drugs, taking a more decisive role in the construction of policies and practices that meet this condition and provide solutions for it. To the given complexity, this participation requires some key conditions, such as the recognition of the importance of knowledge from other areas and the capability of building partnerships as a strategy for care and social inclusion.
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Medina, Marc. "The paradox of self surrender and self empowerment : an interpretative phenomenological investigation of the individual's understanding of the higher power in Alcoholics Anonymous." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2013. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/10236/.
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The aim of this study is to examine how long term recovery from addiction within the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) paradigm impacts upon the everyday lives of the participants; the choices they make, the difficulties they encounter and their felt sense of personal freedom. The sceptical view of AA is that the price of this recovery is the loss of an independent or strong self that becomes subsumed in the group-think and overtaken by the need to surrender to a Higher Power. For this reason it has traditionally been assumed that psychotherapy and AA are fundamentally antithetic, one promoting the self and the other calling for self surrender. This qualitative research has sought to understand more about the sober self by interviewing six long term sober AA members (average length of sobriety 16 years) using semi structured interviews and analysing the resulting data using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). The results indicated that rather than losing themselves or their sense of agency, these participants have overcome their alcoholic selves and emerged as more responsible, empowered, connected and free selves. This paradox of self surrender and self empowerment is explored further as is the resonance between the spiritu-philosophical basis of AA and the insights that underpin existential psychotherapy. This study can contribute towards a deeper understanding of the nature of long term sobriety and further research is suggested that focuses on attitudes towards AA amongst psychotherapists and psychologists, and the operationalization of the process of handing over and recognising personal limitations. The clinical significance of this research lies in its attempt to increase understanding, specifically amongst existential psychotherapists, regarding the potential congruence of attending AA and engaging in existential psychotherapy and also allowing those in the addiction community to understand more about the parallels that exist between AA and this philosophically grounded branch of psychotherapy.
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Bjørnå, Saphira. "An investigation of the dynamics of the personal will versus a higher power in Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step treatment of Substance Use Disorder." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2016. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/21502/.
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This Final Project is an exploration of the lived experience of dynamics of the personal will of substance-abusing individuals going through the process of recovery in AA 12-Step self-help groups. The study also investigates the dynamic of the personal will interfacing with the will of a perceived higher power. The research context is within the paradigm of Alcoholics Anonymous self-help groups and their 12-step program. Most research in this field is related to predicting or measuring outcome of treatment in 12-step facilities and understanding the motivation for treatment among individuals with Substance Use Disorder. Few studies are found on the subject of the lived experience of the personal will prior to recovery, during recovery and into late recovery in the context of AA and the 12-step program. Twelve-step groups are available worldwide, in some countries it is the only type of free self-help group available within which recovery processes take place. There is a need for an enhanced understanding of the psychological mechanisms involved with the dynamics of the personal will in the process of recovery in the field of 12-step facilitation and in the field of addiction treatment generally. I chose qualitative research methods and the data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The participants were eight active members of AA with a sobriety time range of 2-17 years, with a mean length of 7.4 years. The analysis and description of the data were conducted using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The results reveal the Will Complex in Substance Dependence (WCSD) of the addicted personality as multilayered, compensatory selves of destructive intents that correspond to the undifferentiated term ‘self-will’ in the AA literature. In the continuum of recovery, the participants unanimously name the appearance of a qualitatively different and constructive aspect of the personal will emerging into conscious awareness at the point of ‘hitting bottom’, as an authentic intent or Core Will. These aspects of the personal will are described in all eight cases to exist in parallel, constituting internal conflict negotiated until the point of surrender to a perceived higher power. From the point of surrender, the core will is described to be in correspondence with the experienced higher will, whilst the aspects of the will WCSD recede or withdraw. The dynamics of the will are concomitant with a shift in belief system and consequently in intents. These paradoxical findings are discussed and interpreted through the theoretical lens of transpersonal psychology. Building on existing knowledge, this study can contribute to deciphering the psychological mechanisms behind the fluctuations of the personal will of substance-dependent individuals in treatment, which in turn can be used to enhance therapeutic interventions in the treatment of Substance Use Disorder. Suggestions for future research include a focus on further exploration into the proposed dynamic and the therapeutic effect of increased consciousness of one’s internal dynamics and their effect on choice alternatives. The conditions leading to the emergence of the ‘core will’ might also be explored to understand how we can facilitate the development of this will aspect to achieve constructive intentionality. The clinical significance of the study is potentially broad as the underlying psychological dynamic of the will of the substance-addicted individual can be incorporated into a variety of treatment approaches from different philosophical standings. This study is also significant and a helpful tool for psychotherapists working in rehabilitation facilities or in private practice with substance-dependent clients. For transpersonal psychotherapists this investigation will offer new knowledge, theory and competence to the complex field of Substance Use Disorder treatment.
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Eccles, Thomas B. "Are there 12 steps to better management? : how the spiritual programme of Alcoholics Anonymous may influence management performance evaluated through general management competencies." Thesis, University of Gloucestershire, 2013. http://eprints.glos.ac.uk/663/.
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The 12 Step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA, 2001) is a set of principles that provides a way of life for those that follow it and is based upon a ‘spiritual awakening’ (AA, 2001 pp59-60). The thesis is the first to examine how managers who follow this spiritual programme apply it in their organisational role through general management competencies (New, 1996). This mixed method, phenomenology-led research is placed within a social constructionist setting. A comprehensive and wide ranging literature review was conducted. The data was generated using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (Smith, 1996), the Integrated Spiritual Intelligence Scale (Amram and Dyer, 2007) and Workplace Observation (Lucia and Lepsinger, 1999). The findings explain psychological antecedents, mechanisms and pathways that inform the sample of AA managers in their work role. The discussion identifies relationships with existing efficacious management styles and concepts. Areas of heuristic value for future research are identified. These areas include exploring the 12 Steps specifically as antecedents to emotional intelligence (Payne, 1985) and strengthening the statistical validity of instruments to measure humility and honesty in context of spirituality. Limitations of this research are also identified and discussed and important reservations about the concept and constructs of spiritual intelligence (Zohar, 1997) are raised. In conclusion, the 12 Step spiritual programme was found to be the primary influence in how the sample conduct their organisational management function. The research calls for human resource processes to re-consider how those who have adopted successful recovery techniques to overcome personal crises such as dependency issues are viewed and argues that they should be more highly valued by organisations as such experiences help develop management competencies.
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Baltieri, Danilo Antonio. ""Utilização do acamprosato no tratamento de dependentes de álcool"." Universidade de São Paulo, 2002. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/5/5142/tde-05092006-232745/.
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A eficácia e a segurança do acamprosato foram avaliadas no tratamento ambulatorial de setenta e cinco pacientes do sexo masculino, com idade entre 18 e 59 anos, com diagnóstico de dependência de álcool pelo CID-10. O estudo foi controlado duplo-cego, com duração de 24 semanas. Transtornos clínicos e/ou psiquiátricos que necessitassem de internação, uso de medicação psiquiátrica, quadros psicóticos prévios independentes do consumo de álcool e hipersensibilidade ao acamprosato foram critérios de exclusão. Após um período de desintoxicação de uma semana, os pacientes foram divididos aleatoriamente em dois grupos: o primeiro grupo recebeu acamprosato (6 comprimidos de 333 mg por dia durante 12 semanas), e o segundo recebeu placebo (6 comprimidos por dia durante 12 semanas). Após as primeiras 12 semanas, os pacientes continuaram o tratamento por mais 12 semanas sem uso de medicação. Os grupos foram comparados quanto a sintomas depressivos, uso de álcool, efeitos colaterais das medicações, exames laboratoriais e tempo de abstinência contínuo. 25% dos pacientes que estavam recebendo acamprosato e 20% dos pacientes que estavam recebendo placebo foram excluídos do seguimento. Os pacientes que receberam acamprosato mostraram maior taxa de abstinência contínua no final das 24 semanas de tratamento quando comparados aos que receberam placebo (57% versus 25%, p = 0,014), e tiveram uma duração média de abstinência contínua de 18,8 semanas enquanto o grupo placebo teve uma duração média de abstinência contínua de 12 semanas (p = 0,003). Efeitos colaterais foram registrados. O acamprosato mostrou-se ser seguro e eficaz no tratamento de pacientes dependentes de álcool e na manutenção da abstinência durante 24 semanas.The efficacy and security of acamprosate were evaluated in the treatment of 75 men, between 18 and 59 years of age, with diagnosis of alcohol dependence by ICD-10. It was a double-blind, placebo controlled study, 24 weeks long. Patients with disorders that should be treated in an inpatient setting, using psychiatric medications, relating previous psychoses without alcohol use and with hipersensibility to acamprosate were excluded. After a one-week detoxification period, the patients were randomily divided in two groups: the first group received acamprosate (6 tablets of 333 mg a day during 12 weeks) and the second group received placebo (6 tablets during 12 weeks). After the first 12 weeks, the patients continued the follow-up for 12 weeks more without medication. The groups were compared in terms of depressive symptoms, use of alcohol, side effects of medications and laboratory tests. 25% of patients who were receiving acamprosate dropped out, whereas 20% of the placebo-treated patients dropped out of the study. Patients who were receiving acamprosate showed significantly higher continuous abstinence rate within the 24 weeks of treatment compared with patients who were assigned to placebo treatment (57% versus 25%, p = 0,014), and they had significantly longer mean abstinence duration of 18,8 weeks versus 12 weeks abstinent (p = 0,003). Few side effects were related. Acamprosate proved to be safe and an effective aid in the treatment of alcohol dependent patients and in maintaining the abstinence of patients during 24 weeks.
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Francisco, Vinícius Nascimento. "O retorno à norma: o alcoolismo como produto da vida cotidiana." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2015. http://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/2572.
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Previous issue date: 2015-09-11This study aims to analyze a particular course of action understood as a disease by the medical science and an offense to the structuring of processes ordered face-to-face interaction in everyday life. Alcoholism was selected for the theoretical and empirical object as the social experiences of members of self-help groups that acquired a social significance in recent decades: the "Alcoholics Anonymous" AA. The AA is a physical space that apprehends alcoholism as a matter related to the daily lives of men and women stigmatized as drunk. The AA members strive gradually in overlay alcoholism with a language related to the reorganization of their everyday lives. . In the first instance, we address the intrinsic relationship between the systemic world of science, its way to make sense to alcoholism (rational construction of the disease conception) and their acceptance of disability on other approaches to the problem of excessive alcohol consumption in social life. In a second step, we show the historical and political development of the United States and favorable social conditions for the emergence of a movement that understands alcoholism from the public discussion on the way to the common good of society. On a third occasion, we study the social experiences of AA members and the construction of belief in alcoholism within the group as a spring abnormality of disruption of the privacy of its visitors. We understand therefore that alcoholism for AA membership is a fact that hindered his performances in everyday social relations - and will continue blocking if nothing is done to understand the abnormality of those who constantly drink in everyday life. The work was based on qualitative methodologies such as case study, having been selected for the AA your research, semi-structured interviews with the group members, systematic observation of AA meetings and document analysis used by its frequenters
O presente trabalho analisa uma determinada maneira de agir, entendida como doença pela ciência médica, e uma ofensa à estruturação dos processos ordenados de interação face a face na vida cotidiana. Selecionou-se o alcoolismo para o estudo teórico e como objeto empírico as experiências sociais dos membros dos grupos de autoajuda que adquiriu uma importância social nas últimas décadas: os Alcoólicos Anônimos A.A. O A.A é um espaço físico que apreende o alcoolismo como uma questão relacionada ao cotidiano de homens e mulheres estigmatizados como bêbados. Os membros do A.A esforçam-se, gradativamente, em revestirem o alcoolismo com uma linguagem relacionada à reorganização de suas vidas cotidianas. Num primeiro instante, abordamos as intrínsecas relações entre o mundo sistêmico da ciência, sua forma em atribuir sentido ao alcoolismo (construção racional da concepção de doença) e sua incapacidade de aceitação diante de outras abordagens sobre o problema do consumo excessivo de álcool na vida social. Num segundo momento, mostramos o desenvolvimento histórico e político dos Estados Unidos e as condições sociais propícias para o surgimento de um movimento que compreende o alcoolismo, a partir da discussão pública em torno do caminho rumo ao bem comum da sociedade. Numa terceira ocasião, estudamos as experiências sociais dos membros do A.A e a construção da crença no alcoolismo dentro do grupo como uma anormalidade nascente da desestruturação da vida privada de seus frequentadores. Entendemos, pois, que o alcoolismo, para os membros do A.A, é um fato que obstruiu suas atuações nas relações sociais cotidianas e que continuará obstruindo, caso nada seja feito para se entender a anormalidade daqueles que bebem constantemente na vida cotidiana. O trabalho se apoiou em metodologias qualitativas como o Estudo de Caso, tendo sido selecionado o A.A para sua pesquisa, entrevistas semiestruturadas com os membros do grupo, observação sistemática das reuniões do A.A. e análise de documentos utilizados por seus frequentadores
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Svensson, Tord. "Den inbyggda pedagogiken i Anonyma Alkoholisters sociala praktik." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Pedagogik, språk och Ämnesdidaktik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-74498.
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The integrated pedagogy in Alcoholics Anonymous as a community of practice In this paper I have studied the integrated pedagogy in Alcoholics Anonymous using Wenger’s theoretical model of communities of practice and from a point of view of situated learning. Focus has been on recovery from alcohol addiction as a process of social identity change where learning is seen as an appropriation of artefacts by an interaction between participation and reification which leads to a higher level of competence and a change in identity. A diversity of methods has been used such as text analysis of printed material from AA in combination with direct observations at AA-meetings and qualitative interviews with long-time, high intensity participants in the AA-community. The results indicate that Alcoholics Anonymous has a powerful pedagogic system in which a whole of norms, principles and stories are represented in all its parts. The interviewed participants report similar changes in identity and capacity to function in life, despite the differences between them in background as well as in which part of the specific activities in AA they focused on during their trajectory in AA. The study has limitations though all the participants are long-time sober members with a strong identification as members of AA and consequently not representative for the cohort of attenders at AA. The background search for literature makes it clear that the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is practically not studied from a pedagogical perspective which opens possibilities for future research.
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Condor, Fransisko. "”Spiritus contra spiritum” : En religionspsykologisk studie av omvändelseprocesser hos medlemmar i Anonyma Alkoholister." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-152773.
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”Spiritus contra spiritum” - En religionspsykologisk studie avomvändelseprocesser hos medlemmar i Anonyma Alkoholister(”Spiritus contra spiritum” - A religious psychological study on transformation processesamong members of Alcoholics Anonymous)The purpose of this study was to understand and illustrate the conversion processes forpeople who have attained sobriety through membership in Alcoholics Anonymous. My aimwas to ascertain how the interviewees constructed their life story regarding their path tosobriety. I sought to learn how "God" as a function, a central tenet of AlcoholicsAnonymous, served the interviewees in achieving and maintaining sobriety. Dan P.McAdams’s (1993) The stories we live by: personal myths and making of the self, providedthe theoretical tools. Steinar Kvale´s (1997) The qualitative research interview provided themethod. The conclusion was that membership in Alcoholics Anonymous allowed theinformants a sense of healing, conversion and reconciliation from their earlier alcohol abuse.Through this confident community the informants were provided with the narrative meansto improve their life story and truth by a renewed identity and spiritual awakening.Keywords:
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Luccas, Vívian Nara Bracco. "A delicadeza dos meus sentimentos: a dependência alcoólica feminina representada por homens e mulheres em processo de recuperação alcoólica." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/5/5137/tde-11042016-151504/.
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RESUMO: Estudos epidemiológicos têm demonstrado o aumento de consumo alcoólico e da dependência alcoólica entre mulheres, algo que era até então considerado majoritariamente um problema da população masculina. A presente investigação parte desta constatação, mas também, a problematiza, à medida que se observa que o processo de emancipação feminina tem trazido à cena social um personagem que permaneceu por muito tempo na invisibilidade, ou seja, a mulher alcoólica. Este estudo, de caráter qualitativo, baseado na literatura sócioantropológica sobre o processo saúdeadoecimento e na perspectiva de gênero, investiga a dependência alcoólica entre as mulheres. Seu objetivo foi compreender os sentidos e os significados da dependência alcoólica feminina entre homens e mulheres alcoólicos em processo de recuperação em Alcoólicos Anônimos. Para tanto, fez-se trabalho de campo em 5 unidades de AA próximas da região central do município de Campinas. Durante o período de março a setembro de 2013, ocorreram visitas regulares aos grupos e 16 entrevistas com alguns de seus participantes, sendo 8 homens e 8 mulheres entrevistadas. Os resultados alcançados no trabalho de campo apontam para um crescimento da busca por ajuda institucional para tratamento antialcoólico entre as mulheres. Dentre outros achados, verificou-se que embora tenha ocorrido uma ampliação do acesso das mulheres nos espaços de tratamento, ainda permanece forte algumas representações sociais negativas e preconceituosas acerca da dependência alcoólica feminina que constrange a inserção e a permanência das mulheres nos cinco serviços de recuperação alcoólica estudados. Apesar disso, a partir da análise da instituição AA e das entrevistas de seus membros, homens e mulheres, o AA não deve ser considerado nem conservador e nem sexista em sua origem. Ou seja, ao que tudo indica, as concepções negativas atreladas às mulheres alcoólicas advém do universo social externo ao grupo, incorporado e reproduzido pelos alcoólicos, especialmente os homens, resultando, assim, na dificuldade de integração das mulheres nos grupos analisados. Os resultados desta pesquisa dialogam com a produção e o debate acadêmico sobre a mulher alcoólica no campo do estudo de álcool. Revelando que não necessariamente tem havido um crescimento da dependência alcoólica entre as mulheres, mas sim, um aumento da visibilidade social do grupoABSTRACT: Epidemiological studies have shown an increase in alcohol consumption and alcohol dependence among women, a problem that had so far been predominantly associated with the male population. This investigation not only starts with that realization but also problematizes it as we observe that the female emancipation process has brought to the social scene a character that had long remained invisible: the alcoholic woman. This qualitative study, based on the socio-anthropological literature about the health-illness process and on the gender perspective, looks into female alcohol dependence. It aims to understand the senses and meanings of female alcohol dependence among alcoholic men and women in Alcoholics Anonymous rehabilitation. To that end, field work has been carried out at five AA units located close to the central region of the city of Campinas. From March to September, 2013, the groups were regularly visited and 17 of their participants (8 men and 9 women) were interviewed. The field work results point to an increase in women\'s search for institutional help to get anti-alcoholic treatment. Other findings indicate that, even though women\'s access to spaces of anti-alcoholic treatment has broadened, some negative and prejudiced social representations about female alcohol dependence remain strong and constrain women\'s insertion and permanence in the five alcohol rehabilitation services that were studied. Nevertheless, the analysis of the AA institution and its members\' interviews, both men and women, suggests that the AA is neither conservative nor sexist in its origin. It seems that the negative conceptions regarding alcoholic women emerge from the social universe external to the group, incorporated and replicated by the alcoholics, particularly men, making it difficult for women to integrate into the studied groups. The research findings establish a dialogue with the academic production and debate on the alcoholic woman in the alcohol study field. They reveal that, rather than an increase in alcohol dependence among women, there has been a rise in the social visibility of this group
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McPherson, Andrew. "Examining the training of helping professionals, Project MATCH-based psychosocial variables, gender and their impact on Alcoholics Anonymous and controlled drinking treatments in the West of Scotland." Thesis, University of the West of Scotland, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.733777.
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Schmidt, Eric A. (Eric Alexander). "Node-Link Mapping and Rational Recovery: Enhancing the Recovery Process." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1997. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277722/.
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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) continues to be the most accepted approach for the treatment of addictions in the United States. However, due to recent evidence questioning the effectiveness of AA, the need for alternative approaches to the treatment of addictions has become clear. The following research addresses the efficacy of one such alternative, Rational Recovery (RR). Node-Link Mapping (NLM), a graphic communication technique which uses links and nodes as building blocs to facilitate and enhance communication of information as well as awareness in a counseling environment, was implemented to enhance the recovery process. Three groups of ten (10), chemically dependent, adjudicated subjects were exposed to three different treatment approaches at an outpatient counseling center. The Experimental group received RR with NLM, the Comparison group was exposed only to RR, and the Control group continued in treatment according to the protocol of the counseling agency. All subjects were given the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-2 (SASSI-2) as a measurement of symptoms associated with chemical dependency. The subjects were also administered the Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (Rotter I-E Scale) to determine locus of control prior to treatment and any change after treatment.
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Vasiliauskaitė, Simona. "Socioedukacinių poreikių tenkinimas anoniminių alkoholikų savipagalbos grupėse." Bachelor's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2011. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20110802_152412-37767.
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Bakalauro darbe analizuojami socioedukacinių poreikių tenkinimo, anoniminių alkoholikų (AA) savipagalbos grupėse ypatumai. Tyrimo tikslas - atskleisti socioedukacinių poreikių tenkinimo, anoniminių alkoholikų savipagalbos grupėse, ypatumus. Tyrimo uţdaviniai: taikant teorinę analizę ištirti socioedukacinių poreikių tenkinimo anoniminių alkoholikų savipagalbos grupėse ypatumus. Taikant interviu metodą, ištirti AA savipagalbos grupės narių socioedukacinius poreikius. Bei taikant turinio analizės metodą, nustatyti socioedukacinių poreikių tenkinimo ypatumus AA savipagalbos grupėse.
Buvo atliekamas kokybinis tyrimas, siekiant išsiaiškinti anoniminių alkoholikų socioedukacinių poreikių tenkinimą AA grupėje, kokybinio tyrimo respondentais pasirinkti 5 AA grupės nariai. Tyrime dalyvavo 4 vyrai ir 1 moteris. Jų amţius nuo 40 iki 63 metų.
Tyrime gautos tokios kategorijos: „Principai ir metodai, susiję su vertybiniu ugdymu, tarnavimu kitiems, bendravimu, išsisakymu, patirties dalinimusi, anonimiškumu, 12 ţingsnių programa, visuomenės informavimu“. „Bendrumo poreikis AA savipagalbos grupėje: socialinio tinklo kaita (prieš ir po dalyvavimo AA grupėje), bendruomenės poveikis bei santykiai ir bendri interesai grupėje“. „Saugumo poreikis ir pagalbos teikimas: socialinės, psichologinės ir fizinės sveikatos pokyčiai“. „Savigarbos, savo vertės jutimo poreikis: savęs vertinimas, savigarbos jausmas“. „Prieraišumo ir meilės poreikis AA grupėje arba po jos uţsiėmimų: intymūs santykiai, santykiai... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]The peculiarities of meeting the socioeducational requirements in self-help groups of anonymous alcoholics (AA) are analyzed in the final work of Bachelor. The object of research is to reveal the peculiarities of meeting the socioeducational requirements in self-help groups of AA. The goals of research are these: through theoretical analysis to explore the peculiarities of meeting the socioeducational requirements in self-help groups of AA; through the method of interview to investigate the socioeducational needs of AA in self-help groups; also through the method of content analysis to identify the peculiarities of meeting the socioeducational requirements in self-help groups of anonymous alcoholic. Qualitative research was carried out with the purpose to find out meeting the socioeducational requirements in self-help group of anonymous alcoholics. Five members from anonymous alcoholics` group were chosen to be the respondents of qualitative research. Four men and one woman participated in the research. Their age was from 40 to 63. These categories were received in the research: principles and methods related to the value training, serving others, communication, openness, sharing experiences, anonymity, 12 steps programme and informing society. The need of community in the self-help group of AA: “fluctuation of social network (before and after participation in anonymous alcoholics group, influence and relationships of community and common interests in the group”. “The need of... [to full text]
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Ruark, Alexandra J. "Shared Leadership: The Framework of a New Theory and Its Practical Application." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2015. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1040.
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Shared leadership is one of the newest leadership frameworks to date, and it’s currently taking the organizational world by storm. By analyzing previous leadership models and theories, it is clear that shared leadership evolved from these prior ideas. Yet, shared leadership also differs significantly enough that there is much left to be explored and researched on the topic. Due to the fact that shared leadership research is still in early stages, we have very few examples to study in real life settings. Some organizations have adopted shared leadership as their primary leadership structure throughout the entire company, though. W.L. Gore is a completely flat company that does not have bosses, titles, direct reports, or anything that resembles most corporations around the world. The well-known self-help group, Alcoholics Anonymous, also functions using a shared leadership model. However, shared leadership is still mostly a mystery. Even with some examples of the model available for study, there has been little research done on the actual interactions between team members that create a successful shared leadership structure. The limited knowledge that we currently have in relation to shared leadership—its origins, its framework, its application, its barriers, its future—is presented in the following pages.