Risk and recovery
Subtitle: AIDS, HIV, and alcohol : a handbook for providers
By: Marcia Quackenbush, JD Benson with Joanna Rinaldi.
Contributors: Benson, JD, 1953-; Rinaldi, Joanna.
Publisher: AIDS Health Project, University of California, San Francisco; Distributed to the trade by Celestial Arts
Published: 1992
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif; Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: HIV infections -- Prevention; Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation; Alcoholism counseling
Description: Intended for alcohol recovery treatment counselors and AIDs service providers, this handbook discusses how alcohol use is associated with unsafe sex, how alcohol can damage the immune system and make people more susceptible to HIV infection, and how AIDs-related emotional and medical pressures can threaten the sobriety of recovering alcoholics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]) and index.