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- Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) has played a significant role in creating nonprofessional recovery programs, known as "social model recovery," which are staffed by individuals in recovery.
- These programs encourage participants to engage with AA's traditions and practices, utilizing democratic processes, shared leadership, and experiential knowledge for better recovery outcomes.
- The chapter discusses the history and evolution of these programs, including neighborhood recovery centers and sober living houses, while presenting recent evaluations on their effectiveness.
Article Abstract
In addition to being a widely used and effective approach for alcohol problems, AA has been central to the development of several types of nonprofessional recovery programs. Known as "social model recovery," these programs were staffed by individuals in recovery and they encouraged program participants to become involved in AA as a way to address their drinking problems. In addition, they relied on the traditions, beliefs, and recovery practices of AA as a guide for managing and operating programs (e.g., democratic group processes, shared and rotated leadership, and experiential knowledge). This chapter reviews the philosophy, history, and recent changes in several types of these programs, along with a depiction of AA's influence on them. Programs examined include neighborhood recovery centers, residential social model recovery programs, and two types of sober living houses: California Sober Living Houses and Oxford Houses. Recent outcome evaluations on both types of sober living houses are presented.
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