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Life stories and shared experience

V Steffen1

  • 1Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Social Science & Medicine (1982)
|July 1, 1997
PubMed
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Personal stories shared in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) groups blend individual and collective experiences. This narrative process, moving between autobiography and myth, fosters a shared identity and aids in overcoming alcoholism.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Anthropology
  • Sociology of Health
  • Qualitative Research Methods

Background:

  • Illness narratives are crucial in understanding how individuals ascribe meaning to suffering.
  • Personal stories are fundamental to human experience and understanding, serving as coping strategies.
  • Therapeutic groups often utilize personal storytelling for shared problem-solving.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the social and processual nature of personal narratives within Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) groups.
  • To identify and examine various genres of personal narratives shared in AA meetings.
  • To explore how these narratives contribute to individual and collective identity formation in therapy.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative study based on observations of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Minnesota Model treatment for alcoholism in Denmark (1990-1993).

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  • Analysis of personal narratives shared within AA group settings.
  • Focus on interpersonal relationships and the construction of shared identity.

    • Main Results:

    • Identified diverse genres of personal narratives within AA meetings.
    • Demonstrated that narrative sharing operates on individual, social, and cultural levels.
    • Found that ongoing storytelling in AA exists on a continuum between autobiography and myth.

    Conclusions:

    • The telling of personal narratives in Alcoholics Anonymous is a dynamic social process.
    • This narrative process merges individual and collective experiences within a therapeutic framework.
    • Shared storytelling in AA contributes significantly to the creation of a collective identity and therapeutic outcomes.