alcoholism

AA accounts of origin/cause, 72, 108, 115, 201–203, 212–218, 238, 243–246

as a disease/illness, 21–22, 46–48, 211–228, 253

hitting (rock) bottom, 7, 10–11, 47, 70, 87, 97, 116, 118, 188, 192–194, 196, 208, 213, 218–222, 235

in the Big Book, 49,, 57

medicalisation of, 31, 253

mental and spiritual dimensions of, 49, 107, 135

narrative device, 4, 49, 105, 109, 212, 223–228, 237

powerlessness over/Step 1, 59–60

shared experience of, 38, 70, 112, 223

stigma, 40, 43, 56, 98

Alexander, Jack, 58, 82

Bakhtin, M. M., 190, 195–196, 200–203, 207–208, 212, 226–227, 238, 245

Bardsley, Dr. Cyril, 103

Bateson, Gregory, 11, 29, 129, 201, 209, 231–234, 240

Bible, the, 19, 27, 75, 102

Big Book, the

Acceptance Was the Answer,, 71

alcoholism, 48, 211

Big Book meetings, 134

influence on sharing, 123–126, 205, 231–232

publication of, 51

royalties, 82

story section, 69–70

unifying role, xiv, 46

use in meetings, 30, 143–145

writing the Big Book,, 53–57, 60–66, 74–76

Bill D., 32

Bill W. (Wilson, William Griffith). See also AA history

Bill W.’s story, 69

cofounder of AA, 17, 23

talk with Ebby T., 18–20

introduction to Oxford Group, 19, 24–25, 39

‘hot flash’, 20, 23

meets Dr. Bob, 18–20, 37

refusal of honorary degree from Yale University, 44

refusal of listing in Who’s Who,, 44

tries LSD, 21, 82

writing the Big Book,, 53–57, 60–66

writing the Twelve Steps, 60–66

writing the Twelve Traditions, 14, 24, 43, 81–89, 95

Bruner, J.350, 125, 190, 204, 218, 224

Buchman, Frank, 19, 26, 41, 47

Calvary Episcopal Church, 18, 21

Charles Town’s Hospital, 82

Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA), 164, 166, 169, 171

conversation analysis (CA), xv–xvi, 158

discursive practice, xiv–xv, 34, 84, 94–95, 129–130, 136, 141, 151, 157–159, 162, 173–180, 183–184, 191, 208, 224