early Alcoholics Anonymous (book)

Jared Lobdell, This Strange Illness: Alcoholism and Bill W. (New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 2004).  William Griffith Wilson, 1895-1971, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Table of Contents Foreword (William L. White) Introduction I. Alcoholism and Treatment for Alcoholism from Early Times to the Repeal of Prohibition II. This Strange Illness of Mind, Body, and Spirit III. A Scientific Note: Typologies, Heredities, and the Adjacent Possible IV. Mind: The Psychology of Alcoholism V. Body: The Biogenetics and Biochemistry of Alcoholism VI. Theology of Alcoholism, Sobriety, and Alcoholics Anonymous VII. The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous VIII. The Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous IX. Paradigm Regained: Suggestions From Our Scientific Research Program List of Works Cited