Becoming Alcoholic
Alcoholics Anonymous and the Reality of Alcoholism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2555847 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerald Globetti (corresponding author), David R Rudy |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1169 |
| Publication date | 1987-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2579040 |
| OpenAlex | W2076669194 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 34 |
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
Alcoholics Anonymous · Commit · Parallels · Psychoanalysis · Style (visual arts) · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Gambling Behavior and Treatments · History · Psychology · Social Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
In the Spirit of Selden Bacon
African-American Alcoholics
Rural women's stories of recovery from addiction
The rhetoric of transformation in the healing of alcoholism
Handles to Hang on to Our Sobriety
The results for drug reform goals of shifting from interdiction/punishment to treatment
Illness Ambiguity and the Search for Meaning
Preprofessional Socialization and Identity Transformation
An exploration of lesbians’ images of recovery from alcohol problems
Illicit Prescription Drug Use among Pharmacists
The politics of belonging in Alcoholics Anonymous
Social Support Mediates the Effects of Dual‐Focus Mutual Aid Groups on Abstinence from Substance Use
Organizational Approaches to Shame
The Medicalization of Deviance as an Interactive Achievement
Commemoration and the Healing of Memories in Alcoholics Anonymous
Your Own Personal Illness
Discursive Formation, Life Stories, and the Emergence of Co-Dependency
Untimely Acts
Organizational Approaches to Shame
Are You Truly a Recovering Dope Fiend? Local Interpretive Practices at a Therapeutic Community Drug Treatment Program
Narrative Mapping of Social Worlds
Identity Management of the Dead
Conditions for a successful status elevation ceremony
An Alcoholic Is Good and Sober
A reinvenção do eu através do discurso
Alcoholics Anonymous Discourse and Members' Resistance in a Virtual Community
Ritual practice in a social model recovery home
Lesbians’ participation in Alcoholics Anonymous
Recovery Careers of People in Alcoholics Anonymous
Impediments to recovery in treatment programs for dually diagnosed homeless adults
A model of AA utilization by persons with a dual diagnosis (the co-occurrence of alcoholism and severe mental illness)
Taking the Pledge
Out There
Comparative Ideologies and Alcoholism
| Unique citing works | 34 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,87 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2022 (36) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |