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Alcoholics Anonymous
Title: Alcoholics Anonymous
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 2107 | Pages: 9.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in 1935 by a stockbroker named Bill, and a surgeon Dr. Bob who were both hopeless alcoholics. The two had initially both belonged to the Oxford Group, a nonalcoholic fellowship headed by an Episcopal clergyman, Dr. Samuel Shoemaker. Dr. Shoemaker and an old friend Ebby together helped Bill to get sober. Bill was also helped by working with other alcoholics. Dr. Bob however did not have the same initial success, but when …showed first 75 words of 2107 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2107 total…problem show better drinking-related outcomes over 8 years than do those who do not seek and receive help (Timko et al).” 54% of the studies participants maintained abstinence. However, only 26% of untreated individuals did so. There were two important findings regarding help for problem drinking among help seekers “Informal treatment alone was at least as effective as formal treatment alone and, in the long term, there were no differential outcomes between types of help (Timko et al.).”
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