This workshop starts by looking at the history of the treatment of alcoholism before Alcoholics Anonymous. It then introduces Dr William D. Silkworth’s paradigm shifting opinion about the nature of the disease which has helped shape AA and the AA 12 Step program.
Resources
- View image – The Jellineck Curve
- Download Handout – Alcohol Use Disorder: DSM-5 diagnosis (pdf).
- Download – AA’s 12 Questions (pdf)
- Link – Cochrane Library Study of Alcoholics Anonymous