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Becoming Alcoholic: Alcoholics Anonymous and the Reality of Alcoholism
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by David R Rudy
Sales Rank: 415762
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Paperback: 184 pages
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press; 1st edition April 21, 1986
Language: English
ISBN-10: 080931245X
ISBN-13: 978-0809312450
Product Dimensions:
8.6 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
Product Description
Affiliation with Alcoholics Anonymous parallels religious conversion, according to David R. Rudy in this timely study of the most famous self-help organization in the world.
Drinkers who commit themselves to Alcoholics Anonymous embrace the radically different life-style, the altered world of the convert.
To understand this conversion and, more important, to get a grip on the even deeper mystery of alcoholism itself, Rudy sought to answer these three questions: What processes are involved in becoming alcoholic? How does the alcoholic affiliate with, and become committed to, A. A.’s belief system? What is the relationship between the world of A. A. members and that constructed by alcohologists?
Rudy establishes the history and structure of A. A. and examines the organization’s relationship to dominant sociological models, theories, and definitions of alcoholism.
About The Author
David R. Rudy is Professor of Sociology at Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky.
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