Alcoholics Anonymous and the Gay Alcoholic, Bittle WE, Journal of
Homosexuality, Vol. 7(4), 81?88, 1982
ABSTRACT
“Although
the number of homosexual alcoholic men and women has been estimated
to be proportionately three times greater than the number of
alcoholics in the general population, their participation in
Alcoholics Anonymous is not consistent with this proportional
representation. It is proposed that there are a number of
characteristics of A.A., as it is represented in meetings, which
discourage participation by gay people. These characteristics are
reviewed, and suggestions are made for providing homosexual
alcoholics with support and with the tools for reasonably secure
sobriety.”
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