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Peer reviewedMachell, David F. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1989
Describes Alcoholics Anonymous as an effective self-help treatment modality for many alcoholics. Notes that organization would seem to initially necessitate "tolerated unhealthiness" psychologically to help consolidate sobriety, suggesting abstinence first, psychological healthiness second regimen. Suggests that psychotherapists learn to…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Drug Rehabilitation, Program Effectiveness, Psychotherapy
Peer reviewedHaaken, Janice – Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1993
Analysis of Al-Anon and Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA) organizational literature shows women's articulation of and responses to the problems of codependence from the 1950s to the 1980s. Progressive appropriation of feminist ideals, a critique of the family, and a disease-based model of family dysfunction characterize understanding of…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Comparative Analysis, Counseling, Family Problems
