Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

Recovery from alcohol problems without treatment is a subject that has received little attention in the addictions literature. This study used media advertising to solicit people who had resolved a drinking problem on their own. The research used a semi-structured interview as a basis for a qualitative analysis of the phenomenon of recovery without treatment. Attention was focused on reasons offered for resolving a problem and factors involved in maintenance of that resolution. Rccovery methods used by these subjects are compared with those commonly recommended by most treatment programs, including Alcoholics Anonymous. The issues of labelling and acceptance are also discussed.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tulsa, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-124).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 1999. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 76 p. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-67).

Thesis--Wisconsin. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 52-55).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University, 1997. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-110).

Thesis (M.A.)--Humboldt State University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-92). Also available via Humboldt Digital Scholar.

The Alcoholism Foundation of British Columbia bases its treatment programme on the belief that the abnormal drinking behavior of an alcoholic is importantly related to his functioning in other aspects of life. The research reported here is an attempt to establish empirically whether in fact a relationship exists between change in drinking behaviour and change in other behaviour of a sample of alcoholic patients. The data were gathered as part of a project designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment programme of the Alcoholism Foundation. This project involved the interviewing of a sample of persons who had once visited the Foundation, one group of which had continued in treatment and one group of which had not continued beyond initial interviews, in order to compare the pre- and post-treatment behaviour of these two groups. It was found that there was a greater percentage of persons improved in the treatment group, and a portion of this improvement was attributed to treatment at the Foundation. It was also found that "treatment" received from Alcoholics Anonymous accounted in part for the difference seen. A number of indices of change in various areas of life (health, work, family responsibility, financial responsibility, and leisure time activities) were cross-tabulated with an index of change in drinking behaviour, and it was found that improvement in drinking behaviour tended to be associated with improvement in other areas of behaviour. Experimental and control groups were then compared to ascertain whether treatment had a discernable effect on this relationship, and it was found that treatment at the Foundation increased the likelihood of changes in drinking behaviour being accompanied by corresponding changes in other areas of behaviour. It was also shown that "treatment" received from Alcoholics Anonymous had a similar effect on the relationship. / Arts, Faculty of / Sociology, Department of / Graduate

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Carleton University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-393). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (S.T.M.)--Yale Divinity School, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-92).