More Revealed

AA: Cult or Cure?

Index

AA (see Alcoholics Anonymous)
AA Service Manual . . . 166
AA Way of Life . . . 52
AA The Way It Began . . . 30f
Abstinence . . . 79, 90, 107, 109, 115, 121, 122, 168, 170-173, 175, 177, 181, 194
Ad Council . . . 106
Addiction, Change & Choice . . . 6, 157f, 165
Addiction Research Foundation . . . 88, 89, 91, 121
AFL-CIO . . . 34, 111, 125f
Akron, Ohio . . . 14, 21, 35, 36, 43, 44, 46, 48, 49, 111, 143
Al-Anon . . . 50
Alateen . . . 50
Albigensians . . . 140
Alcoholic Foundation . . . 40, 43, 46, 47
Alcoholics (Population Estimates) . . . 86-89
Alcoholics Anonymous . . . 1-8, 11-14, 21-23, 33-53, 57-62, 64, 65-75, 77-83, 86-92, 99-101, 105-111, 116-124, 129, 142-166, 168-170, 174, 177, 180, 185, 186-193
   Anonymity . . . 62, 84, 85, 154, 163
   Anti-intellectualism . . . 60, 89, 144, 158, 164
   Atheists/Agnostics . . . 13, 59, 65, 66, 68, 69, 143, 144, 155
   Binge Drinking . . . 68, 79, 95
   Cult Characteristics . . . 142-156
   District Committee Members . . . 49
   Effectiveness . . . 2, 89-96, 101, 165
   Expansionism . . . 159-162
   General Service Board . . . 40, 52
   General Service Conference . . . 49, 50, 52
   General Service Office . . . 51, 52, 64, 80, 81
   Group Services Representatives . . . 49
   Higher Power . . . 2, 12, 39, 49, 65, 66, 68, 69, 71, 119, 143, 160, 180, 187
   Jargon/Slogans . . . 59, 60, 61, 76f, 144-147
   Literature Sales . . . 80, 81, 152
   Media Influence/Treatment . . . 3, 5-7, 62, 63f, 65, 84, 85, 105-107, 161-163, 165, 166
   Meetings . . . 1, 11-13, 52, 53, 144
   Membership Characteristics . . . 52, 53, 60-62, 63f, 81, 88, 90, 91, 101f, 159, 163-165
   Coerced Members . . . 7, 81, 101f, 102f, 107, 108, 124, 159, 160, 163-165, 186
   Membership Totals . . . 46, 48, 50, 51, 53, 55f, 56f, 108, 160, 161, 164, 165
   Revolving Door Effect . . . 90, 91
   Newcomers ("Pigeons") 57-59, 71, 144, 148
   Organization . . . 4, 59, 77, 78, 81-83, 149
   Overseas Branches . . . 51, 53, 159, 160
   Powerlessness . . . 57, 67-69, 78, 116, 175
   Restitution . . . 57
   Sponsors . . . 58, 71
   Triennial Surveys . . . 91, 101, 145, 153, 186, 189f
Alcoholics Anonymous ("Big Book") . . . 14, 34, 35, 37-48, 50, 51, 54f, 55f, 64, 70, 86, 111, 117, 143, 144
Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age . . . 35, 50, 65
Alcoholics Anonymous: Cult or Cure? . . . 5, 6, 32f, 33, 41, 63f, 129, 158
Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research . . . 110
Alcoholism, Definitions . . . 86, 87
"Alcoholism, Politics & Bureaucracy" . . . 105
Alcoholism Treatment . . . 2, 79, 80, 92, 96-98, 112-124, 160, 169
Behavior Contracting . . . 96
Biasing Factors . . . 88, 89, 94, 99, 100
Brief Intervention . . . 96
Community Reinforcement Approach . . . 96
Controntation Therapy . . . 96
Cost . . . 112, 115
Cost Effectiveness . . . 96
Insurance Payment . . . 113, 114, 124, 153
Aetna . . . 112
Blue Cross . . . 112
Kemper . . . 112
Length of Stay . . . 113
Milieu Therapy . . . 96
Motivational Enhancement . . . 96
Number of Patients . . . 112-114, 126f
Number of Units . . . 112-114, 126f
Recidivism Rate . . . 98, 99
Social Skills Training . . . 96
12-Step Treatment . . . 2, 6, 7, 52, 79, 80, 92, 96-99, 100, 107-120, 124, 127f, 142, 148, 149, 152-156, 159, 160, 163-166, 169
Effectiveness . . . 96-98
Utilization Rate . . . 113
Alexander, Jack . . . 46
Alfred Hitchcock Show . . . 106
Allentown Morning Call . . . 21
Allentown, Pennsylvania . . . 15
Amalric, Arnold . . . 140
American Booksellers Association . . . 166f
American Civil Liberties Union . . . 188
American Medical Association (AMA) . . . 36, 142
American Psychiatric Association . . . 157f
American Psychological Association . . . 122 American Radio Relay League . . . 82
American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) . . . 109, 110, 121, 123, 142, 163
Amos, Frank . . . 40
Amyx, Paul . . . 8, 113, 114, 126f
Anarchist Organizational Model . . . 59, 77, 79, 81-83
Ann Arbor, Michigan . . . 170
Armstrong Circle Theater . . . 106
As Bill Sees It . . . 52
Atlantic, City, New Jersey . . . 36
Avakian, Bob . . . 139
Baekeland, Frederick . . . 89
Bartlett, Elizabeth . . . 115, 117, 118
Bean, Margaret . . . 151
Bedford Hills, New York . . . 47, 49
Belk, J. Blanton . . . 29
Berlin Olympics (1936) . . . 23
Beverly Hills 90210 . . . 106
Beziers Massacre . . . 140
Bible . . . 15, 16, 36, 44, 111, 144
Big Book (see Alcoholics Anonymous)
Bill C. (New York) . . . 37
Bill C. (AA study) . . . 90
Bill D. . . . 111, 112
Birmingham, England . . . 20
Birmingham, Bill . . . 25
Blackwell, Edward . . . 41
Boise State University . . . 138
Branch Davidians . . . 130
Brandsma et al. (study) . . . 68, 94, 95
Bruno, Giordano . . . 131
Bryn Mawr College . . . 17
BSU Arbiter . . . 138
   
Buchman, Frank . . . 14-25, 27-30, 37-40, 46, 51, 56f, 58-61, 68, 70, 72, 158, 162
New York World Telegram interview. . . 21-24, 37, 38
Pro-Nazi Statements . . . 21-24, 31f, 37, 46, 68
Sexual Obsession . . . 16-18, 28, 30f
Homophobia . . . 28
Homosexuality . . . 28
Buchmanism (see Oxford Group Movement)
Bufe, Charles ("Chaz") . . . 1, 168
Buffalo, New York . . . 177
Burbank, Luther . . . 164
Bureau of the Census . . . 98
Byrd, Admiral Richard . . . 20
Cahalan, Don . . . 122
California Board of Registered Nursing Diversion Program . . . 119
Cambridge University . . . 16, 19
Carnegie, Dale . . . 45
Catholic Church . . . 38, 39, 44, 131, 133, 134, 140
Caux, Switzerland . . . 25
Certified Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (see Para-Professionals)
Chamberlain, Neville . . . 24
Chiang Kai-Shek . . . 27
Children of God . . . 130
Christian Century . . . 23, 28, 68, 73
Christopher, Jim . . . 176-178
Church of the Blood of the Lamb of God . . . 130, 131, 139
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (see Mormons)
Church of Scientology . . . 2, 4, 130, 132, 135, 137, 139, 140, 156
Church Times . . . 20
Clarence S. . . . 44
Clean and Sober . . . 106, 107, 163
Cleveland Plain Dealer . . . 46
Cleveland, Ohio . . . 44, 46, 78
Coca-Cola Corporation . . . 29
CODESH . . . 177, 178
"Comments on AA's Triennial Surveys" . . . 91, 92
Comet Hale-Bopp . . . 136
Communism . . . 21, 22, 26, 27, 142
Chinese . . . 27, 71, 118, 131, 134, 149
Communist Party . . . 32f
Confederación Nacional del Trabajo . . . 83
Controlled Drinking . . . 121-123, 151, 169-171
Cooper, Paulette . . . 139, 140
Cornutt, Chris . . . 8, 127f
Cornwall Press . . . 41
Council for Democratic and Secular Humanism (see CODESH)
Courage to Change . . . 86
Craig, John . . . 171
Craig, Martha-Sanchez . . . 170, 171
Crowning Experience . . . 21
Cults . . . 129-157
Definitions . . . 129, 142
Characteristics . . . 129-156
Cults in Our Midst . . . 129, 132
Daley, Dennis . . . 68
Dallas Times-Herald . . . 29
Days of Wine and Roses . . . 106, 163
Dearborn Independent . . . 30f
Decentralism . . . 79
Dederich, Charles . . . 136
Denial . . . 117
"Denial—of Reality and Freedom" . . . 105
Detoxification . . . 115, 157f

Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM) . . . 97

Disease Concept of Alcoholism . . . 69, 93, 100, 109, 110, 116, 117, 121-123, 169, 170, 191
Incurability . . . 93, 100, 116, 169
Loss of Control . . . 69, 100, 116, 127f, 169
Progressivity . . . 69, 93, 100,110, 116, 117, 169
Diseasing of America . . . 165
Ditman et al. (study) . . . 94, 108
Diversion Programs . . . 107-109, 119, 124
Divine Guidance . . . 15-17, 37, 38, 43, 57-60, 68, 69, 74, 78, 147
"Divine Intervention and the Treatment of Chemical Dependency" . . . 64
Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers . . . 111
Dodge, Mr. & Mrs. Cleveland . . . 20
Driberg, Tom . . . 25
Drunk Driving Offenders . . . 108, 109, 119, 120
Drunks . . . 106, 107
East Dorset, Vermont . . . 33
Eddy, Sherwood . . . 15
Edison, Mrs. Thomas . . . 20
Ellis, Albert . . . 64-66, 70, 122, 165, 178
Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) . . . 111, 112, 125f, 159
Establishment Clause (of 1st Amendment to U.S. Constitution) . . . 186-188, 191
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania . . . 15
FBI . . . 137
Federal Reserve Bank . . . 41
Fingarette, Herbert . . . 171
Firestone, Russell . . . 20
For a Change . . . 28
Ford, Henry . . . 20, 30f
Fosdick, Harry Emerson . . . 44, 47, 143
Fox, Ruth . . . 109
Fox, Vince . . . 6, 8, 92, 102f, 142, 157f, 165, 171, 188
Frank Buchman's Secret . . . 17
Free Inquiry . . . 176-178
Freudenstadt, Germany . . . 28
   
Galilei, Galileo . . . 131
General Electric . . . 29
Getting Better . . . 42f
God . . . 14-16, 18, 21-23, 26, 27, 34, 35, 39, 43, 44, 51, 57, 59-61, 65, 68-72, 74, 78, 111, 116, 117, 130, 131, 135, 136, 143, 147, 149, 150, 156, 187, 191, 192
Gompers, Samuel . . . 125f
Gooden, Dwight . . . 98
Grandberg V. Ashland County . . . 143
Grapevine . . . 48, 49, 77
Griffin v. Coughlin . . . 186-188
Guggenheim, Mrs. Henry . . . 20
Hadley, William S. . . . 39, 40
Hank P. . . . 40-43, 55f
Hare Krishnas . . . 130, 132, 133, 145, 147
Harper & Brothers . . . 40
Hartford Seminary . . . 15, 16
Harvard University . . . 17
Hay, Harry . . . 32f
Hazelden . . . 113, 126f, 161
Hazard, Roland . . . 34, 40, 51
Heatter, Gabriel . . . 45
Heaven's Gate . . . 136, 157
Herman, Ellen . . . 58
Hester, Reid . . . 96
Hibden, John . . . 18, 30f
Himmler, Heinrich . . . 23, 24
Hitler, Adolf . . . 3, 4, 21, 22, 24-26, 30f, 31f, 38
Hock Ruth . . . 42
Hofmeyr, J.H. . . . 20
Honor Dealers . . . 40, 42
How to Stay Sober . . . 177
Howard, Peter . . . 17, 27-29
Hubbard, L. Ron . . . 132
Hughes Act . . . 110, 112
Hughes, Harold . . . 110
Humanist Party . . . 137
Ideology and Co-Existence . . . 26, 27
Incest Survivors Anonymous . . . 162
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) . . . 83
International Jew . . . 30f
International Socialists . . . 137
International Society for Krishna Consciousness (see Hare Krishnas)
James, Williams . . . 35, 39, 40
Jehovah's Witnesses . . . 130-132, 139
Jellinek, E.M. . . . 109
Jesus Christ . . . 192
Jones, Reverend Jim . . . 132
Jonestown . . . 132, 138, 141f
Journal of Rational Recovery . . . 175, 198
Journal of the American Medical Association . . . 45
Jung, Carl . . . 1, 34, 39, 40, 51, 56f
Kennedy, Foster . . . 47
Kerista Village . . . 130, 132, 140f, 156
Kerr v. Farrey . . . 187
Keswick, England . . . 15, 72
Kibben, Roxanne . . . 124
Kirkpatrick, Jean . . . 168
Kirton, Clifton . . . 107, 118, 119
Kishline, Audrey . . . 6, 168-171
Klingberg, Carl . . . 108
Kuling, China . . . 16
LaRouche, Lyndon, J.r . . . 137
LaRouche Cult . . . 130, 132, 135, 137, 138
Fusion Energy Foundation . . . 138
National Anti-Drug Coalition . . . 138
National Caucus of Labor Committees . . . 138
National Democratic Policy Committee . . . 138
Schiller Institute . . . 138
U.S. Labor Party . . . 138
Lean, Garth . . . 31f
Learned Helplessness . . . 67-69
LeBaron, Ervil . . . 140f
Lee, Earl . . . 8
Lee, John Doyle . . . 140
Liberty . . . 45
Library of Congress . . . 39
Lifton, Robert Jay . . . 71, 129-131, 133, 134
Lindsay, Kenneth . . . 23
Little Rock, Arkansas . . . 46
Lois Remembers . . . 38, 75
Lord's Prayer . . . 12, 118, 143
Lost Weekend . . . 106
Mackinac Island, Michigan . . . 25
Maltzman, Irving . . . 121
Manchurian Candidate . . . 156
Mann, Marty . . . 48, 80, 109, 110
Markey, Morris . . . 45
Marlatt, Alan . . . 171
Marx, Karl . . . 21
Mass Psychology of Fascism . . . 56f
Mattachine Society . . . 32f
McCarthy, Joseph . . . 27
Meany, George . . . 111, 125f
Mensa . . . 82, 154
Millenarianism . . . 139, 155
Miller, William . . . 96, 171
Mills, Jeannie . . . 141f
Moderate Drinking. . . 6, 171
Moderation Management . . . 65, 150, 165, 168-172
Moonies . . . 130-133, 135-138, 145, 147, 156
CARP . . . 138
Moral Re-Armament (see Oxford Group Movement)
Moral Re-Armament Campaign . . . 24, 25
Moral Re-Armament: What Is It? . . . 24
Morantz, Paul . . . 139
Morgan R. . . . 45, 84
Mormons . . . 130, 135, 138, 140
   
Danites . . . 140
Mosley Common Pit . . . 25
Mount Airy Seminary . . . 15
Mountain Meadows Massacre . . . 140
Muhlenberg College . . . 15
Munich Conference . . . 24
Mystery of Moral Re-Armament . . . 25
Mussolini, Benito . . . 21
Nace, Edgar . . . 112, 113
Narcotics Anonymous . . . 52, 109, 116, 186-188
Nathan, Peter . . . 122
National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors . . . 124, 128f
National Coal Board (Britain) . . . 25
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) . . . 48, 80, 87, 98, 99, 106, 109-112, 114, 120, 122, 123, 125f, 142, 163
National Drug and Alcoholism Treatment Unit Survey (NDATUS) . . . 113, 114, 125f
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) . . . 87-89, 99, 110, 123
National Longitudinal Alcoholism Epidemiological Survey . . . 97, 98
National Nurses Society on Addiction . . . 110
National Organization for Women . . . 82
National Rubber Machinery Company . . . 35, 36
"National Treatment Center Study Summary Report" . . . 98, 99, 101f, 114, 115
Natural History of Alcoholism . . . 157f
Nazism . . . 20-25, 30f, 56f
New Alliance Party . . . 130, 132, 137
New York City . . . 14, 21, 33, 37-40, 46-48, 143
New York Herald Tribune . . . 46, 143
New York Times . . . 44, 45
New York University Medical School . . . 173
Newman, John Henry . . . 19
Niebuhr, Reinhold . . . 46
1984 . . . 144
North Hollywood, California . . . 177
Ohl, J.F. . . . 15
On the Tail of a Comet . . . 31f
Opiates Anonymous . . . 116
Oxford Group Movement . . . 1, 3, 4, 14-32, 34-40, 43, 44, 57-62, 64-74, 75f, 143, 158, 162
Anti-intellectualism . . . 18, 19, 60
Five Cs . . . 70, 72
Confession . . . 34, 57, 70
Confidence . . . 70, 72
Continuance . . . 57, 70, 74
Four Absolutes . . . 18
Guidance . . . 15, 16, 18, 19, 26, 27, 37, 38, 43, 58-60, 74
Homophobia . . . 26-28
Hospital Work . . . 43, 44, 111, 117
Houseparties . . . 16, 19, 20, 57, 61
Jargon/Slogans . . . 60, 61
Labor Dispute Claims . . . 25, 26
Organization . . . 59, 60
Quiet Time . . . 15, 16, 18
Soul Surgery . . . 17, 18, 57, 72
South Africa . . . 20, 21
Supporters/"Key Men" . . . 18, 20, 31f, 62
Traveling Teams . . . 18, 20
Oxford Movement . . . 19
Oxford University . . . 16, 19
Para-Professionals . . . 120, 128f, 146, 160
Pass It On . . . 21-23, 34, 41, 55f, 64
Peele, Stanton . . . 6, 8, 98, 105, 119, 121, 122, 123, 157, 157f, 165, 171
Pendery, Mary . . . 121-123, 128f
Pennsburg, Pennsylvania . . . 14
People's Temple . . . 2, 4, 130, 133, 135-139, 141f, 156, 157
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . . . 15
Pittman, Bill . . . 30f
Prayer . . . 34, 61, 74, 143, 187
Princeton University . . . 17, 18, 30f
Prison Law Office . . . 188
Prison or Paradise . . . 130
Progressive Labor Party . . . 137
Project MATCH . . . 93, 99-101, 103f
Psychology Today . . . 123
Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol . . . 90
Ragge, Ken . . . 6, 8, 50, 64, 66, 67, 79, 102f, 105, 118, 133, 146, 147, 165, 167f
Rajneeshees . . . 132
Ramstad, Jim . . . 124
Rand Report . . . 122
Random House Unabridged Dictionary . . . 129
Rational Behavior Therapy . . . 95
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy . . . 95, 178, 179
Rational Recovery . . . 65, 69, 150, 165, 168, 170, 172-176, 179, 188, 194
AVRT . . . 172, 173, 175, 176, 179
RR-PLAN . . . 176
Rational Recovery: The New Cure for Substance Abuse . . . 175
Reader's Digest . . . 41, 45, 55f
Reader's Digest Foundation . . . 29
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature . . . 25, 107, 161-163
Real AA . . . 6, 64
Reasoner, Harry . . . 121
Red Cross . . . 82
Rega, George Sie . . . 128f
Reich, Wilhelm . . . 56
Religiomania . . . 35, 39
Research Society on Alcoholism . . . 110
Revolutionary Communist Party . . . 130, 135, 139
   
Richardson, Willard . . . 40, 47
Riffe, John . . . 26
Robens, Lord . . . 25
Robertson, Nan . . . 13f, 47, 55f
Roche, James . . . 111
Rockefeller, John D., Jr. . . . 40, 46-48
Rockefeller, Nelson . . . 47
Rockland State Hospital . . . 111
Room, Robin . . . 91
Rudin, James & Martha . . . 130
Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies . . . 122
St. Thomas Hospital . . . 111
Salzberg, Philip . . . 108
San Francisco . . . 11, 132, 140f, 151
Sanchez-Craig, Marth . . . 170
Saturday Evening Post . . . 46
Schaler . . . 8
Schoenfeld, Eugene . . . 64, 65, 70
Schmidt, Laura . . . 118
Science . . . 121
Scientology (see Church of Scientology)
Search, Lynaea . . . 8
Secular Organizations for Sobriety . . . 65, 150, 151, 165, 168, 176-178
Sobriety Priority . . . 177
Seiberling, Henrietta . . . 36
See Sharp Press . . . 2, 7
Serenity Prayer . . . 46, 118
Sharpeville Massacre . . . 21
Shoemaker, Sam . . . 14
Silkworth, William . . . 34, 35, 38, 51, 55f, 70
Sing Out! (See Up With People!)
Singer, Margaret . . . 129, 130, 132, 136
60 Minutes . . . 121
Small Book . . . 165
SMART Recovery . . . 65, 95, 96, 150, 151, 155, 165, 168, 170, 178-182, 188
Smith, Anne . . . 36, 49
Smith, Dr. Robert . . . 14, 36, 37, 38, 40, 43, 44, 46-49, 58, 62, 64, 80, 111, 117, 149
Sobell, Linda . . . 121, 123
Sobell, Mark . . . 121, 123
"Sobriety Without Superstition" . . . 176
Social Work . . . 68
Socialist Workers Party . . . 137
Spiritualism . . . 49
Spontaneous Remission (also Spontaneous Recovery) . . . 93, 101, 117, 173, 174
State College, Pennsylvania . . . 15, 16
Stearly, Garrett . . . 31f
Strong, Leonard . . . 34, 40
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) . . . 112-114, 126f
TEDS . . . 115, 118, 126
Substance Abuse Treatment Parity Act . . . 124
Synanon . . . 4, 130, 132, 133, 135-137, 139, 156
Szasz, Thomas . . . 116
Tate, Philip . . . 168
Texas Commission on Alcoholism . . . 123
Thatcher, Ebby . . . 34, 40
Thomson-Shore, Inc. . . . 54f
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism . . . 71, 129, 131
Time . . . 16, 26
Toronto, Canada . . . 88
Towns, Charles . . . 41, 42
Towns Hospital . . . 34, 35, 38
Trillin, Calvin . . . 29
Trimpey, Jack . . . 6, 8, 69, 75f, 105, 165, 168, 172
Trimpey, Lois . . . 172
Tucson, Arizona . . . 96, 114, 122, 153
Tunks, Walter . . . 36
12-Step Groups (non-AA) . . . 50, 110, 161-164, 186
12 Steps . . . 1, 4, 12, 13, 38, 39, 48, 50, 57, 64-75, 77, 116, 143-150, 152, 158, 162, 166, 187, 190
Step 1 . . . 57, 67, 68, 71
Step 2 . . . 39, 57, 68, 69, 71
Step 3 . . . 39, 57, 68-71, 149, 150
Step 4 . . . 57, 70, 74
Step 5 . . . 57, 68, 70, 71
Step 6 . . . 57, 68, 71, 72
Step 7 . . . 39, 57, 68, 72
Step 8 . . . 57, 72, 73
Step 9 . . . 57, 73, 74
Step 10 . . . 57, 74
Step 11 . . . 39, 57, 68, 74
Step 12 . . . 57, 74, 75, 154, 158, 162
12 Steps & 12 Traditions . . . 50, 77, 78, 81, 82, 150
12 Traditions . . . 1, 48-50, 59, 77-85, 149
1st Tradition . . . 78
2nd Tradition . . . 78, 79
3rd Tradition . . . 79
4th Tradition . . . 79, 80
5th Tradition . . . 80
6th Tradition . . . 80, 81, 105
7th Tradition . . . 81
8th Tradition . . . 81, 82, 105
9th Tradition . . . 59, 78, 82, 83
10th Tradition . . . 48, 83, 84
11th Tradition . . . 84, 85, 105
12th Tradition . . . 85
Unhooked . . . 177
Unification Church (see Moonies)
Union Club . . . 47
Up With People! . . . 29
U.S. Chess Federation . . . 82
U.S. Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence . . . 123
Vaillant, George . . . 97, 157f
Varieties of Religious Experience . . . 35, 39
Velten, Emmett . . . 122, 123, 165, 168
   
Veterans Administration . . . 99, 107
Volvo Corporation . . . 29
Walsh et al. (study) . . . 93, 103f
Warner v. Orange County Department of Probation . . . 187, 188
Washingtonian Society . . . 83, 150
Way International . . . 130
Way Out . . . 39
We The People . . . 45, 84
Wehr, Gerhard . . . 56f
Weisner, Constance . . . 118
Wellstone, Paul . . . 124
West, L.J. . . . 121
Wheeling, West Virginia . . . 27
When AA Doesn't Work for You . . . 122
Wholely, Dennis . . . 86
Wilson Bill . . . 1, 3, 14, 21, 33-43, 45-52, 55f, 58, 59, 62, 64, 65, 70, 77, 78, 80-83, 86, 111, 117, 143, 144, 149, 150, 162, 174, 192
Drinking Career . . . 34, 35
Finances . . . 34, 35, 40-43, 46, 47, 55f
LSD Experimentation . . . 51, 55f
Niacin Promotion . . . 51, 52
"Spiritual Awakening" . . . 35
Tobacco Addiction . . . 52
Wilson, Gilman . . . 33
Wilson, Lois (Burnham) . . . 33, 34, 37, 38, 41, 46, 47, 55f, 75
Wilson, Terry . . . 122
Women for Sobriety . . . 54, 165, 168, 170, 182-185
New Life Program . . . 182-185
Works Publishing Company . . . 41-43, 46, 55f
World War II . . . 24-26, 47, 48
Yale Center of Alcohol Studies . . . 109
Yale University . . . 17
YMCA . . . 15, 16