1st Edition
The Alcoholic Society Addiction and Recovery of the Self
By Norman K. Denzin
Copyright 1993
446 Pages
by
Routledge
446 Pages
by
Routledge
412 Pages
by
Routledge
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Offering a unique theoretical foundation to understanding the lived experience of the active alcoholic, Denzin asserts that alcoholism is a disease in which negative emotions divide the self into warring, inner factions, fueled and distorted by alcoholic intoxication. The work is solidly anchored in a long-term study of the socialization experiences that began in alcoholism treatment centers and... Read more
1: Introduction:; I: Differing Views of Alcoholism; 2: Science and Alcoholism; 3: Alcoholics Anonymous and Alcoholism; 4: Alcoholics and Alcoholism; 5: The Six Theses of Alcoholism; II: The Alcoholic Self; 6: The Alcoholically Divided Self; 7: The Recovering Alcoholic Self; III: Treating the Alcoholic Self; 8: The Paradoxes of Treatment; 9: Experiencing Treatment; IV: A.A. and the Social Worlds of Recovery; 10: The A.A. Group; 11: Slips and Relapses; 12: The Recovery of Self; 13: Interpreting Alcoholism and Recovery; 14: Conclusion
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