Publications

Publication details [#38897]

Arminen, Ilkka. 2004. Second stories: the salience of interpersonal communication for mutual help in Alcoholics Anonymous. Journal of Pragmatics 36 (2) : 319–347.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

drinking encounter | meeting | power | storytelling | therapeutic conversation

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

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Annotation

This paper examines the therapeutic use of second stories in meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), i.e. as a resource for empowerment.