“INTRODUCTION
Certain
similarities between the Washingtonian movement of the nineteenth
century and the present day fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous have
been commented upon by a number of observers. In view of this
resemblance there is more than historical interest in an account of
the first movement in the United States which brought about a
large-scale rehabilitation of alcoholics. The phenomenal rise and
spread of the Washingtonian movement throughout the land in the early
1940's was the occasion of much discussion, exciting a deep interest.
The
cause of its equally rapid decline have been a subject of much
speculation and are still of concern to the members of Alcoholics
Anonymous who may wonder whether or not their movement is destined to
a similar fate. This
article, therefore, will present not merely a description and history
of the movement but also an analysis of the similarities and
differences between the Washingtonians and Alcoholics Anonymous.”
(our
emphasis)
Source:
The Washingtonian Movement, Maxwell MA, Quarterly Journal of Studies
on Alcohol, Vol.11, 410-452, 1950
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