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Women in Alcoholics Anonymous : Recovery and Empowerment / Jolene M. Sanders.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (145 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781935049777
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.86/106082
LOC classification:
  • HV5137 ǂb S263 2009eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Why Alcoholism Is a Feminist Issue -- 2 Women and Alcoholism -- 3 Women in Recovery -- 4 Women’s Struggle with Surrender: Steps One through Three -- 5 Women Cleaning House: Steps Four through Nine -- 6 Women Passing It On: Steps Ten through Twelve -- 7 Conclusion: Empowering Women, Collectively and Individually -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Can a recovery program like Alcoholics Anonymous inadvertently discourage women from seeking treatment? Are there ways that it can more effectively contribute to their sobriety? Combining individual personal narratives with statistical data, Jolene Sanders offers valuable insight into how women adapt the twelve-step program and interact with the masculine culture of AA in ways that allow them to conquer addiction and take control of their lives.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781935049777

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Why Alcoholism Is a Feminist Issue -- 2 Women and Alcoholism -- 3 Women in Recovery -- 4 Women’s Struggle with Surrender: Steps One through Three -- 5 Women Cleaning House: Steps Four through Nine -- 6 Women Passing It On: Steps Ten through Twelve -- 7 Conclusion: Empowering Women, Collectively and Individually -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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Can a recovery program like Alcoholics Anonymous inadvertently discourage women from seeking treatment? Are there ways that it can more effectively contribute to their sobriety? Combining individual personal narratives with statistical data, Jolene Sanders offers valuable insight into how women adapt the twelve-step program and interact with the masculine culture of AA in ways that allow them to conquer addiction and take control of their lives.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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