Talking Oneself Sober:  The Discourse of Alcoholics Anonymous
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The Twelve Steps

58

Drafting and Secularising the Twelve Steps

60

The Steps: Process and Metaphor

67

The Stories

69

Acceptance Is the Answer

71

AA and Religious Discourse

74

AA Daily Reflections

76

Part II: Fellowship and Sharing

79

Chapter 5: Writing the Twelve Traditions

81

AA as a Social Movement

86

The Reflexivity of AA’s Twelve Traditions

87

Authority and Decentralisation

88

Singleness of Purpose

92

Self-Limitations and Institutional Constraints

93

AA Membership

95

Estimates of AA Groups and Members

98

AA Groups

99

Chapter 6: Sharing and the AA Story

101

The Origins of Sharing

101

Witnessing and Confessing

102

Identifying and Qualifying

104

An AA Story Examined

109

Evaluative Focus on Self

115

Sharing as Witnessing

118

AA Slogans

122

Chapter 7: The AA Meeting

129

The Meeting Frame and Purpose

129

The AA Programme as a ‘Room’

132

Types of Meetings

134