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Tuesday 7 October 2014

Alcohol research


The Growth and Effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous in a Southwestern City, Bill C, Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol.26 (2), 279-284, 1965

This paper reports the results of a study of the membership of Alcoholics Anonymous living in the metropolitan area of a Southwestern city who are sober (abstinent) and have stayed sober for at least 1 year by the beginning of the year 1963, and of the AA members who have died or moved away from the city since joining AA. In addition, the growth and effectiveness of the largest AA group in the city (the Suburban Group) is described.

Most of the data were obtained through direct interviews with the subjects. The initial list of subjects was compiled from the writer's personal knowledge and records and from the records kept by the secretaries of the two largest and oldest AA groups in the city. Some information about those who had died and moved away from the area was obtained from other AA members still resident in the city. Such information is usually quite reliable due to the closeknit nature of AA which results in continuing contacts with persons who have not lived in the city for several years.”

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