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Professional opinions and practices concerning Alcoholics Anonymous: a review of the literature and a research agenda

Professional opinions and practices concerning Alcoholics Anonymous: a review of the literature... Contemporary Drug Problems 23/Spring 1996 Professional opinions and practices concerning Alcoholics Anonymous: a review of the literature and a research agenda BY ALAN OGBORNE Alan Ogborne is a senior scientist with the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario (l00 Collip Circle, Suite 200, London, Ontario N6G 4X8, Canada). Addiction treatment professionals' have written and said many things about Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) since it first began to attract their attention. Some have been very critical of AA and have expressed strong reservations about the bene­ fits of referring clients to AA meetings. Others have been almost reverential in their attitudes to AA and have urged col- AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is a revision of a paper presented at a conference on Addiction Self-help and Mutual Aid, held by the Kettil Bruun Society, Toronto. September 1994. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Addiction Research Foundation. © 1996 by Federal Legal Publications. Inc. 94 PROFESSIONALS' VIEWS ON AA leagues to do everything possible to get clients to attend. Between these extremes are professionals who believe that AA is helpful for some people and who make varying attempts to identify these people http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Contemporary Drug Problems SAGE

Professional opinions and practices concerning Alcoholics Anonymous: a review of the literature and a research agenda

Ogborne, Alan
Contemporary Drug Problems , Volume 23 (1): 19 – Mar 1, 1996
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© 1996 by Federal Legal Publications
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0091-4509
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Contemporary Drug Problems 23/Spring 1996 Professional opinions and practices concerning Alcoholics Anonymous: a review of the literature and a research agenda BY ALAN OGBORNE Alan Ogborne is a senior scientist with the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario (l00 Collip Circle, Suite 200, London, Ontario N6G 4X8, Canada). Addiction treatment professionals' have written and said many things about Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) since it first began to attract their attention. Some have been very critical of AA and have expressed strong reservations about the bene­ fits of referring clients to AA meetings. Others have been almost reverential in their attitudes to AA and have urged col- AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is a revision of a paper presented at a conference on Addiction Self-help and Mutual Aid, held by the Kettil Bruun Society, Toronto. September 1994. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Addiction Research Foundation. © 1996 by Federal Legal Publications. Inc. 94 PROFESSIONALS' VIEWS ON AA leagues to do everything possible to get clients to attend. Between these extremes are professionals who believe that AA is helpful for some people and who make varying attempts to identify these people

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Contemporary Drug Problems – SAGE

Published: Mar 1, 1996

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