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Labelling out: the personal account of an ex-alcoholic lesbian feminist
1University of Plymouth, Faculty of Social Science and Business, School of Sociology, Politics and Law, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. patsy.staddon@blueyonder.co.uk
Abstract:
In this paper, I look at my past alcohol dependency from a political as well as personal perspective. I consider the problems caused in my life and that of other lesbians by alcohol abuse, outdated treatment methods and self-help organizations such as AA, which misrepresent social factors leading to alcohol abuse. I focus on a series of themes: the personal and political; lesbian bar styles; alternative realities; lesbian problem drinking; problems facing lesbians in treatment and engaging with Alcoholics Anonymous; treatment as it often is and treatment as it should be.
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