The recovering alcoholic

Author(s)

• Denzin, Norman K.

Bibliographic Information

The recovering alcoholic

Norman K. Denzin

（Sociological observations, 19）

Sage Publications, c1987

• : pbk.

Note

Bibliography: p. 219-239

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume - a probing ethnographic study of the process of recovery from alcoholism - is the first sustained, in-depth analysis of the lived experiences of the recovering alcoholic. Drawing on many case studies and extensive personal experience, Denzin investigates and analyzes the phenomenology of drinking and alcoholism. He considers: the factors which make alcoholics seek treatment; the social stigmas which face the recovering alcoholic; and other difficulties which hinder the recovery process. He also outlines the ways in which groups like Alcoholics Anonymous are effective.

Table of Contents

Introduction Interpreting Recovery PART ONE: TREATING THE ALCOHOLIC SELF: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE TREATMENT PROCESS The Paradoxes of Treatment Introduction to the New Self Experiencing Treatment PART TWO: AA AND THE SOCIAL WORLDS OF RECOVERY The AA Group Slips and Relapses The Recovery of Self Conclusions Interpreting Alcoholism and Recovery

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA10290884
• ISBN:
  • 0803927479
  • 0803927460
• LCCN: 86006525
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Newbury Park
• Pages/Volumes: 247 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV5279
  • DC19 : 616.86/1/0019
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation -- United States
  • LCSH : Alcoholism -- Treatment -- United States
  • MESH : Alcoholics Anonymous
  • MESH : Alcoholism -- rehabilitation
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00509023