Feminist Perspectives on 12-Step Recovery: A Comparative Descriptive Analysis of Women in Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous

Sanders, Jolene M.

doi:10.1080/07347324.2011.608595

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“…In fact, qualitative data comparing women who attend women-only AA meetings to womenonly NA meetings revealed that women in AA, in some ways, experience more or at least articulate the experience of more stigma, than do women in NA (Sanders, 2011). In particular, reference to drinking and driving with children in the car and other direct parenting concerns as an alcoholic mother are mentioned in women-only AA meetings.…”

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Use of Mutual Support to Counteract the Effects of Socially Constructed Stigma: Gender and Drug Addiction

Sanders

2012

Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery

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This article describes the stigma women perceive as drug addicts and the strategies used to confront that stigma once they become members of a mutual support group, Narcotics Anonymous (NA). Stigma is heavily associated with being a drug addict and even more pronounced for the female drug addict. Public policy and media continue to focus on women's reproductive roles, igniting and perpetuating the stigmata associated with being female and addicted. The heavy emphasis on women's reproductive roles contributes to a double standard that women perceive it as unique to them as compared with their male counterparts. This study surveys a sample of women in NA that represents a potentially highly stigmatized group by race and class and uncovers the extent to which women perceive stigma both in their active addiction and once in recovery. Unexpectedly, women from a more socially disadvantaged background do not necessarily experience more stigma than their more privileged White, middle-class counterparts. Not surprisingly, women who have been involved in NA for longer periods of time and have completed the 12 steps perceive the least amount of stigma.

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Use of Mutual Support to Counteract the Effects of Socially Constructed Stigma: Gender and Drug Addiction

Sanders

2012

Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery

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“…Another subgroup would be women. Their pattern of alcohol or drug use may be associated with a different pattern of stigma, victimization, and shame compared to men (Sanders, 2011). Therefore, an important area for investigation would be gender differences in the identification of potential mechanisms underlying successful 12-Step program engagement and recovery.…”

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Buddhist Mindfulness as an Influence in Recent Empirical CBT Approaches to Addiction: Convergence with the Alcoholics Anonymous Model

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Egelko

2014

Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly

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“…This may impact negatively on recovery because drinking is a strategy that temporarily relieves shame, therefore upon abstinence becomes overwhelming, leading to relapse. Sanders (2011) found that shame caused distress for women entering recovery and that higher levels of shame were related to greater chance of relapse. Wiechelt (2007) has suggested that relapse triggers feelings of inadequacy, which intensifies feelings of shame, thereby perpetuating a vicious cycle where drinking relieves shame but also reinforces it.…”

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Is shame a barrier to sobriety? A narrative analysis of those in recovery

Sawer

Davis

Gleeson

2019

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

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Aims: Experiencing shame can be a risk factor for relapse for people recovering from alcohol dependence, but for some it may act as a necessary protective factor for preventing relapse. Knowing how best to manage shame is therefore an important issue, yet the precise nature of the relationship between shame and alcohol dependence remains largely unexplored. Research questions: (1)In what ways do participants tell their stories of shame? (2) How is shame experienced and/or understood by those in recovery from alcohol dependence? Method: Eight participants were recruited from Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) groups and invited to tell their story of recovery. Stories were then analysed using a narrative analysis, focusing on how participants narrated their stories and made sense of their experiences of shame in particular. Findings: Participants spoke about an inherent deep-rooted negative view about themselves, which was present long before alcohol dependence developed. Alcohol served as a means of connection to others and a way of artificially relieving feelings of worthlessness. Recovery was about finding somewhere safe to talk about feelings of shame and make sense of these experiences. Conclusions:The results indicate that management of shame is an important component of recovery programmes for alcohol dependence.

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Feminist Perspectives on 12-Step Recovery: A Comparative Descriptive Analysis of Women in Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous

Cited by 16 publications

References 16 publications

Use of Mutual Support to Counteract the Effects of Socially Constructed Stigma: Gender and Drug Addiction

Use of Mutual Support to Counteract the Effects of Socially Constructed Stigma: Gender and Drug Addiction

Buddhist Mindfulness as an Influence in Recent Empirical CBT Approaches to Addiction: Convergence with the Alcoholics Anonymous Model

Is shame a barrier to sobriety? A narrative analysis of those in recovery

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