Research on Alcoholics Anonymous and spirituality in addiction : the twelve-step program model, spiritually oriented recovery, twelve-step membership, effectiveness and outcome research / edited by Marc Galanter and Lee Ann Kaskutas ; section editors, Lee Ann Kaskutas [and others] ; assistant editor, Dolly Lagressa.
Introduction: the twelve-step program model of AA -- The twelve-step recovery model of AA: a voluntary mutual help association -- Twelve defining moments in the history of Alcoholics Anonymous -- The impact of AA on professional treatment -- The impact of Alcoholics Anonymous on other substance abuse-related twelve-step programs -- The impact of AA on non-professional substance abuse recovery programs and sober living houses -- An overview of spirituality in AA and recovery -- The concept of spirituality in relation to addiction recovery and general psychiatry -- Kickbacks from helping others: health and recovery -- Issues in measuring spirituality and religiousness in alcohol research -- Spirituality and health: empirically based reflections on recovery -- Spiritual change in recovery -- Mindfulness and addiction -- Twelve-step membership: introduction -- Epidemiology of Alcoholics Anonymous participation -- Concerns about dose and underutilization of twelve-step programs: models, scales, and theory that inform treatment planning -- Facilitating involvement in twelve-step programs -- Twelve-step facilitation in non-specialty settings -- Effectiveness and outcome research: introduction -- Alcoholics Anonymous outcomes and benefits -- Outcomes of AA for special populations -- How and why twelve-step self-help groups are effective -- Individual and contextual factors that influence AA affiliation and outcomes.