Alcoholics Anonymous As a Mutual-Help Movement : A Study in Eight Societies Book

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	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction	3
2	The place of AA among social movements	8
3	The early years of AA in the United States and Canada	19
4	The international diffusion and structure of AA	25
5	Organizational principles of AA	43
6	The local structure of AA and AA as a social network	52
7	Regional and national service structure	73
8	The finances of AA	85
9	The membership of AA	96
10	The AA program as a set of beliefs and as a program for action	117
11	The AA meeting as a speech event	133
12	Practicing the AA program	153
13	Men, women, and AA	170
14	AA and the professional treatment system	185
15	AA and other mutual-help movements for alcohol problems	207
16	Diffusion of the 12-step program to problems other than alcohol	216
17	The AA movement in perspective	239
18	Implications for professional practice and research programming	253
	Appendix A. Organization and methods of work of the International Collaborative Study of Alcoholics Anonymous (ICSAA)	259
	Appendix B. Collection of interviews, observations, life stories, and other qualitative data	261
	Appendix C. Group, meeting, and membership surveys	267
	Appendix D. Basic AA Texts	274
	References	276
	Index of Personal Names	298
	Subject Index	303