Mutual support and recovery in the Russian Alcoholics Anonymous online community

AIMS – In Russia the paradigm of alcoholism as a disease is still in contrast to the general perception of alcoholics as weak-willed. This article studies alcoholism and recovery in Russia through the case study of the Russian Alcoholics Anonymous online group. It studies how people who are seeking...

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Main Author: Lyytikäinen Laura
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-04-01
Series:Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/nsad.2016.33.issue-2/nsad-2016-0013/nsad-2016-0013.xml?format=INT