David - Here are some published sources that I know of:
 
        Kaskutas, L.  (1994).  What do women get out of self-help?  Their
reasons for attending Women for Sobriety and AA, Journal of Substance
Abuse Treatment, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 185-195.
 
        Burman, S.  (1994).  The disease concept of alcoholism:  It's impact on
Women's Treatment, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Vol. 11, No. 3,
pp. 121-126.
 
        How Women Recover:  Experience and Research Objectives  (summary of a
monograph reporting on a NIAAA conference) - Alcohol Health & Research
World, (Winter, 1982/83), pp. 28-40.
 
        Beckman, L,  Alcoholics Anon. and Gender Issues - In:  Research on
Alcoholics Anonymous:  Opportunities and Alternatives, Eds:  McCrady, B.
& Miller, W.,(1993), published by Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc.,
Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies, New Brunswick, NJ   08903.
 
        I hope this helps!  Cathy Bogart, [log in to unmask]