The program is perfect

This article examines Narcotics Anonymous (NA) membership in two ways: how blame for failure is displaced from the ‘perfect’ organizational program and onto the individual addict working to remain sober and how this displacement is accompanied by notions of individual responsibility and work. These...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Medicine Anthropology Theory
Main Author: Paul Christensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2017-12-01
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Online Access:http://www.medanthrotheory.org/article/view/4796