Alcoholics Anonymous: Cult or Cure? - Softcover

Charles Bufe (author) & Stanton Peele (Introduction)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1884365124 ISBN 13: 9781884365126

Publisher: See Sharp Press, 1997

Synopsis

Alcoholics Anonymous Offers information on the right-wing evangelical organisation (Oxford Group Movement) that gave birth to AA; the relation of AA and its program to the Oxford Group Movement; AA's similarities to and differences from religious cults; AA's remarkable ineffectiveness; and the alternatives to AA. Full description

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Product Description:

An insider's guide to the more insidious side of the popular [self-help] group. Includes an alternative secular version of the [12 steps] and ideas for [recovery] without compromising your principles.

From the Publisher:

Table of Contents
Introduction (by Stanton Peele)

Preface to First Edition

Preface to Second Edition

Chapter 1. A Typical AA Meeting

Chapter 2. The Oxford Group Movement: The Forerunner of AA

Chapter 3. A Brief History of AA

Chapter 4. The Oxford Groups & AA: Similarities & Differences

Chapter 5. The 12 Steps

Chapter 6. The 12 Traditions

Chapter 7. How Effective is AA?

Chapter 8. AA's Influence on Society

Chapter 9. Is AA a Cult? (preliminary considerations)

Chapter 10. Is AA a Cult? (conclusions)

Chapter 11. The Future of AA

Appendix A. Secular Self-Help Groups

Appendix B. AA & the Law

Afterword (by Jack Trimpey)

Bibliography

Index

About this edition

• Publisher: See Sharp Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1884365124
• ISBN 13: 9781884365126
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 208