A quest to belong: A qualitative study of gay male recovering alcoholics

Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-114

  Suprina, Joffrey S ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholics Anonymous; Alcoholism; Belonging; Gay AA; Meaning; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747509176     PISSN: 15538605     EISSN: 15538338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J462v01n01_07     Document Type: Article

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