I turn to an unused old email account, and I find this amid hundreds of messages.
In my research on AA, I found it impossible to draw a straight historical biography on the disease metaphor, but there are antecedents, going back to Benjamin Rush in the 1780s.
I published a somewhat related paper on this question: Swora, Maria Gabrielle, 2001, "Personhood and Disease in Alcoholics Anonymous" Mental Health, Religion, and Culture
Don't believe everything you think. --- On Mon, 8/11/08, Peter Ferentzy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Peter Ferentzy <[log in to unmask]> |