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Thursday 2 October 2014

Alcohol research


Alcoholics Anonymous in Melbourne, Australia: Observations of a Welfare Worker, Wilding DJ, Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol.9, 609-613, 1949


The alcoholic has frequently been the concern of welfare organizations throughout the world. The complication of alcoholism usually sharpens the problems which bring a client to the welfare office and makes it considerably more difficult for aid to be rendered effectively. The most desirable step, obviously, would be to overcome the alcoholism. Sometimes this alone may be sufficient to lead to the solution of other problems. In the past the resources of welfare organizations in dealing with the problem of alcoholism have been extremely limited. The advent of Alcoholics Anonymous seemed to offer a fresh opportunity, provided an effective approach were employed. In the following paragraphs the techniques adopted in one welfare organization in Australia to promote the rehabilitation of alcoholics through cooperation with Alcoholics Anonymous will be described.

It took 2 years for the name, Alcoholics Anonymous, to become generally known in Australia. The bare knowledge of the existence of such an organization, however, was not sufficient to attract a large number of alcoholics. Too much of the publicity given to A.A. came from nonalcoholics, mostly members of the clergy who stressed only its religious side.”

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