The history of gay people in Alcoholics Anonymous
Subtitle: from the beginning
By: Audry Borden.
Series: Haworth series in family and consumer issues in health
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780789030382; 9780789030399
Subjects: Alcoholics Anonymous -- History.; Gays -- Alcohol use -- United States -- History.; Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation -- United States.; Recovering alcoholics -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The recovering gay community; title: Barry L. and the gay origins of the third tradition; title: Alcoholism and homosexuality : a brief history of treatment; title: Views of sober gay life in the 1950s and s1960s; title: Finding AA : groups, directories, and the first gay AA meeting; title: Printer's ink : a conversation with Nancy T; title: Special purpose groups and the debate over meetings for gay alcoholics in AA; title: Washington, DC; title: We never looked back : a conversation with Drs. Dana Finnegan and Emily Mcnally; title: San Francisco; title: AA's pamphlet for lesbian and gay alcoholics; title: The home front; title: On our way : a conversation with Lillene Fifield; title: Pass it on; title: Southern California : alcoholics together; title: Few conclusions (and mysteries solved).