ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS J.E DOHERTY, C.SS.R.* The most exciting spiritual movement in this country today, outside of the Catholic Church, is Alcoholics Anonymous. It is neither...
NATIONAL CLERGY CONFERENCE ON ALCOHOLISM THE “BLUE BOOK”, Vol. 12, 179-210, 1960 Alcoholics Anonymous BILL W. Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous Reverend Raymond J.H. Kennedy, S.J....
THE FURROW, Vol. 11: 285-300, May, 1960 THE PRIEST’S ROLE IN ALCOHOL PROBLEMS John C. Ford There are so many alcohol problems that it is...
CATHOLIC DIGEST, Vol. 25 (12) 108-112, October, 1961 SUCCESS FOR THE A.A. PROGRAM by Collie Small Alcoholics Anonymous is 25 years old this year. Yet...
CATHOLIC DIGEST, Vol.25 (12) 111, October, 1961 HOW ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS OPERATES by Collie Small Alcoholics Anonymous is a “fellowship of men and women who share...
CATHOLIC DIGEST, Vol. 26: 70-73, August, 1962 “ONLY ONE GLASS” For the reformed alcoholic, there is no such thing: it’s always “the first glass” and...
Journal of Studies On Alcohol, September, 1963 Philosophical-Religious Factors In The Etiology and Treatment Of Alcoholism HOWARD J. CLINEBELL, Jr., Ph.D. * References to philosophical...
PRIEST, Vol. 19: 830-834, October, 1963 WHITHER – IF A WAY? W.A.G. – ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS So many speakers at A.A. meetings with the utmost sincerity...
Linacre Quarterly, Vol. 30: 152-156, November, 1963 THE ALCOHOLIC…. and ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS by Sister Jeanne Marie, S.S.M. The history of alcohol is as ancient as...
THE SOBER ALCOHOLIC, 1964 RELIGIOUS CHARACTERISTICS OF A.A. by Irving Peter Gellman When discussing their initial contact with A.A. some members indicate that they were...
AMERICA, JULY 10, 1965 WILLIAM JAMES and ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Fr. Robert J. Roth, S.J. On June 10, Alcoholics Anonymous celebrated the 30th. Anniversary of its...
RELIGION IN LIFE, Vol. 34: No.4, 283-397, Winter, 1965 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AND THE “THIRD” REFORMATION by 0. Hobart Mowrer Recently my wife and I attended...
MODERN TREATMENT Vol. III, May, 1966 THE SPIRITUAL TREATMENT OF THE ALCOHOLIC BY THE CLERGY The Rev. Dr. Paul B. McCleave * The TITLE of...
LEXINGTON THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY, Vol. 1: 109-118, October, 1966 DISCIPLINES OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE by Jack M. Sherley ACCEPTANCE, LOVE AND FORGIVENESS are central to the...
PASTORAL PSYCHOLOGY, Vol: 21 (No. 202), 1970 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AS GROUP LOGOTHERAPY Robert M. Holmes “The alcoholics abiding need is for an ‘acceptance experience’ of...
THE PRESBYTERIAN JOURNAL, May 12, 1971 FROM A.A. – A LESSON by Jesse Helms It is no problem to avoid becoming an alcoholic if one...
CATHOLIC DIGEST, Vol. 35: 47-50, June, 1971 BILL W. LIVES ON by John W. Stevens William Griffith Wilson died Jan. 24 at the age of...
LIGUORIAN, Vol. 59: 45-47, July, 1971 THE DRINKING PROBLEM AND THE CHURCHES by Louise Parnell With the recent death of William Griffith Wilson, a former...
CHRISTIANITY TODAY, Vol. 16: 11-14, May 12, 1972 AN INSIDE VIEW OF ALCOHOLISM PAUL, A.A. I went to seminary to escape alcoholism. This may seem...
PSYCHIATRIC ANNALS Vol: 5:3, MARCH, 1975 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AND RELIGION by Margaret Bean, M.D. A.A. solves certain knotty problems of working with alcoholics by following...
THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, February 18, 1976 PARALLEL CONVERSIONS: CHARISMATICS and RECOVERED ALCOHOLICS Although the stated goals of these two groups appear to be quite different,...
THE ST. LUKE’S JOURNAL OF THEOLOGY Vol. 20: No.2, 124-138, March, 1977 SOME THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS ARISING FOR MALE ALCOHOLICS IN RECOVERY by Robert M. Claytor,...
AMERICA, Vol. 136: 458-461, May 21, 1977 SPIRITUALITY, RELIGIOSITY AND ALCOHOLISM by Joseph H. Fichter One of the most persistent generalizations we heard in our...
THE BANNER, December 30, 1977 GOD IN A BOTTLE by William R. Lenters Dr. Howard Clinebell, author of the classic in the alcoholism field, Understanding...
THE TABLET, Vol. 234: 746-747, August 2, 1980 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS by Judith Sproxton Most people have heard of Alcoholics Anonymous, but its image is rather...
HOMILETIC & PASTORAL REVIEW, Vol. 81: 28-32, APRIL, 1981 ALCOHOLISM: A PRACTICAL APPROACH by Paul J. Murdock Mrs. Jones, a married woman in her thirties...
THE PRESBYTERIAN JOURNAL, January 28, 1983 WHERE RECOVERY BEGINS In the glare of the spotlight which of late has been turned on the drunk driver...
CHRISTIANITY TODAY, Vol. 27: 96-97, February 4, 1983 THE MIDNIGHT CHURCH by Philip Yancey Its members consciously lean on each other I attended a unique...
Historical Magazine Of the Protestantism Episcopal Church, March, 1983 Vol. 52, 153-165, March 1983 Evangelical Protestantism and Alcoholism 1933-1962: Episcopalian Samuel Shoemaker, the Oxford Group...
SOJOURNERS, Vol. 14(7): 6, July 6, 1985 An Instrument of Healing Grace by Harry C. Kiely In August 1934 Bill W., a formerly successful Wall...
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE U.S.A., Vol. 2: 447-462, 1987 Alcoholics Anonymous: A Phenomenon in American Religious History by Ernest Kurtz Rarely must a scholar...
CATHOLIC DIGEST, Vol. 51: 98-100, May, 1987 I AM AN ALCOHOLIC PRIEST by Father Anonymous Most Catholics have known at least one priest who likes...
STUDIES INFORMATIVE SPIRITUALITY Vol. 8: No. 2, May, 1987 ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS IN SPIRITUAL FORMATION by James E. Royce “The only alcohol problem I...
Journal of Psychology and Theology, Vol. 15 (2), 124-131, 1987 The Success of Alcoholics Anonymous: Locus of Control and God’s General Revelation by Laird P....
THE ST. LUKE’S JOURNAL OF THEOLOGY Vol. 31: (2), 127-141, March, 1988 Public Language, Public Confession; Critical Language Analysis of Conversion and the History of...
THE PRIEST, Vol. 44: 12-14, December, 1988 SPIRITUALITY AND THE A.A. MOVEMENT by Most Rev. Colin Campbell I am not a recovering alcoholic but I...
U.S. CATHOLIC, Vol. 54: 10-12, 1989 THE DRUNK WHO HELPED MILLIONS GET SOBER by Michael O’Connell-Cahill What could a contemporary Catholic learn about spirituality from...
QUARTERLY REVIEW, Vol. 9(4): 28-47, 1989 WHAT MUST I BELIEVE TO RECOVER? THE SPIRITUALITY OF TWELVE STEP PROGRAMS by Michael Wyatt With a sly wink...
THE PRIEST, August 1989 ALCOHOLIC PRIESTS: ARE THEY EFFECTIVE PASTORS? by Steven L. Berg Abstract Because alcoholics are frequently known for their character defects, it...
THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY, December 6, 1989 TWELVE STEPS FOR WOMEN ALCOHOLICS GAIL UNTERBERGER Increasing numbers of American women are seeking help for drug and alcohol...
THE CRITIC, Vol. 43, No. 3, Spring, 1989 My Name is Bill H. And I Am a Member of the CIA The acronym for Catholic,...
DAUGHTERS OF SARAH, Vol. 18: 21, Jan., Feb., 1990 “DO YOU WANT TO GET WELL?” by Mary Snow “Do you want to get well?” Jesus...
WORSHIP, Vol. 64: 331-348, June, 1990 What Alcoholics Anonymous Can Teach Us About Reconciliation by Edward C. Sellner Some years ago, while working with recovering...
MODERN LITURGY, Volume 18, No. 2, March 1991 A.A. AND PREACHING: TELLING YOUR STORY by Edward Sellner One Sunday evening in July 1838, Ralph Waldo...
CATHOLIC DIGEST, Vol. 55: 103-106, April, 1991 FATHER ED AND A.A.’S BILL W. by Robert Fitzgerald, S.J. Bill Wilson, cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous was down....
THE UNITED CHURCH OBSERVER, Vol. 54(11):2+, May, 1991 Groups like Alcoholics Anonymous provide the mainline churches with an example of bringing together people from all...
CHRISTIANITY TODAY, July 22, 1991 THE HIDDEN GOSPEL of The TWELVE STEPS Understanding the origins of the recovery movement can help Christians know how to...
ST. ANTHONY MESSENGER, Vol. 99, No.4, September, 1991 THE SPIRITUALITY OF 12 – STEP PROGRAMS by Judi Bailey Whatever it is that your dealing with...
THE JACS JOURNAL Vol. 3, No.1, 1992 THE TWELVE STEPS AND JEWISH TRADITION by Rabbi Susan Berman Separating, Judaism and Jewishness For the moment we...
U.S. CATHOLIC, Vol. 57: 29, July, 1992 Twelve Steps of Faith By Father John Powell, SJ. New York stockbroker Bill Wilson realized that he was...
