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Slipping and Sobriety; The Functions of Drinking in Alcoholics Anonymous, Rudy DR, Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 41(7), 727-732, 1980

Summary. A.A. groups create pressures and provide expectations that encourage some members to resume drinking. Members' responses to these relapses contribute to group solidarity and strengthen the boundaries between the norms of sobriety and deviant behavior.

The purpose of the present report is to illustrate the dynamics and importance of "slipping” - a relapse in drinking by a recovering alcoholic - to Alcoholics Anonymous. This report also views slipping in the broader theoretical framework of the sociology of deviance.”

Conclusions

A.A.'s highly specified normative system and the manner in which this system is interpreted by A.A. members encourages some members to slip. Slipping and members' responses to those who slip appear to strengthen group boundaries as well as the abstinence of individual members. Perhaps the normalcy of slipping and its dynamics help explain why the A.A. program has been successful in reintegrating many alcoholics into the community.”



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