The History of Gay People in Alcoholics Anonymous: From the BeginningRoutledge, 2014 M06 3 - 300 pages The History of Gay People in Alcoholics Anonymous documents and honors the ways thousands of LGBT people have carried Alcoholics Anonymous' message. This illuminating chronicle includes interviews and documents that detail the compelling history, recovery, and wisdom of gay people in AA. The book examines the challenges AA faced as the fellowship endeavored to become a more inclusive and cohesive community. The first-person accounts narrate the important work of influential gay and straight AA members that led key events in AA’s history. The author includes material on the steps and traditions of AA, and on becoming an ally to LGBT people on the road to recovery.
The History of Gay People in Alcoholics Anonymous is an enlightening book for members of the LGBT and heterosexual recovering community, alcoholism and addiction professionals, as well as physicians, counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, clergy, historians, sociologists, educators, students, and anyone interested in learning more about AA or this aspect of the community’s history. |
Contents
Barry L and the Gay Origins of AAs Third Tradition | |
A Brief History of Treatment | |
Five Views of Sober Gay Life in the 1950s and 1960s | |
Groups Directories and the First Gay AA Meeting | |
A Conversation with Nancy | |
Special Purpose Groups and the Debate over Meetings for | |
Washington DC | |
New Jersey | |
San Francisco | |
AAs Pamphlet for Lesbian and Gay Alcoholics | |
A Conversation with Lillene Fifield | |
A Few Conclusions and Mysteries Solved | |
Becoming an Ally | |
Selected Bibliography | |
New York | |
Other editions - View all
The History of Gay People in Alcoholics Anonymous: From the Beginning Audrey Borden Limited preview - 2014 |
The History of Gay People in Alcoholics Anonymous: From the Beginning Audrey Borden No preview available - 2007 |