Includes bibliographical references (p. 159) and index.
Contents
Addiction as a family disease -- How the group carries the message of recovery -- Powerlessness and free association -- Unmanageability and resistance -- The higher power of the group as a symbol of authority -- Surrender and transference -- Inventory and reenactment -- Humility and working through -- Making amends as an export process -- Continuing the inventory and self-analysis -- The development of prayer and meditation as group analytic functions -- The Twelve traditions : boundaries and containment -- Appendix A: Twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous -- Appendix B: twelve traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.