Mutual support and recovery in the Russian Alcoholics Anonymous online community

AIMS – In Russia the paradigm of alcoholism as a disease is still in contrast to the general perception of alcoholics as weak-willed. This article studies alcoholism and recovery in Russia through the case study of the Russian Alcoholics Anonymous online group. It studies how people who are seeking help for their drinking problems in this online community come to incorporate a new self-understanding of being ill with alcoholism..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs - 33(2016), 2, Seite 151-172

Sprache:

Dänisch ; Englisch ; Norwegisch ; Schwedisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lyytikäinen Laura [VerfasserIn]

Links:

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Themen:

Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholism
Online support groups
Recovery
Russia
Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology

doi:

10.1515/nsad-2016-0013

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ018751377