Gender and Female Recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous in the City of São Paulo-Brazil

IF 0.6 Q4 SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-11-08 DOI:10.1080/07347324.2022.2145251

Edemilson Antunes de Campos, Nádia Zanon Narchi, Francine Even Sousa Cavalieri

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is considered a public health problem and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is considered effective, but it is predominantly frequented by men in Brazil. The purpose of this article is to understand how women conceive and experience their recovery in AA women’s meetings. For this, an ethnographic research was carried out with women from AA groups located in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, from March 2020 to February 2021. Data collection was carried out through participant observation in female AA meetings and semi-structured interviews with thirty women who participated in the meetings. The results showed that for women, AUD is a disease linked to gender asymmetries in Brazilian society, so that they do not feel comfortable discussing details of their intimacy in the presence of men, since in mixed meetings they were often target of sexist harassment and discrimination. Despite AA’s patriarchal culture, women help each other in a gender-only space where they find the mutual support necessary for their recovery. This research is considered to contribute to the understanding of how gender inequalities affect the treatment of women in AA and the importance of having only women’s meetings to strengthen them.

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巴西圣保罗市匿名酗酒者的性别与女性康复

摘要酒精使用障碍（AUD）被认为是一个公共卫生问题，匿名酗酒者（AA）被认为有效，但在巴西，它主要由男性经常出现。本文的目的是了解女性是如何在AA女性会议上怀孕和经历康复的。为此，2020年3月至2021年2月，对巴西圣保罗市AA团体的女性进行了人种学研究。数据收集是通过对女性AA会议的参与者观察和对30名参加会议的女性的半结构化访谈进行的。研究结果表明，对女性来说，AUD是一种与巴西社会性别不对称有关的疾病，因此她们在与男性见面时讨论亲密关系的细节时感到不自在，因为在混合会议中，她们经常成为性别歧视骚扰和歧视的目标。尽管AA有重男轻女的文化，但女性在一个只有性别的空间里相互帮助，在那里她们找到了康复所需的相互支持。这项研究被认为有助于理解性别不平等如何影响AA中女性的待遇，以及只有女性会议才能加强这些会议的重要性。

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Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly SUBSTANCE ABUSE-

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1.60

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11.10%

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期刊介绍： Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly is an exciting professional journal for clinicians working with persons who are alcoholic and their families. Designed to bridge the gap between research journals and information for the general public, it addresses the specific concerns of professional alcoholism counselors, social workers, psychologists, physicians, clergy, nurses, employee assistance professionals, and others who provide direct services to persons who are alcoholic. The journal features articles specifically related to the treatment of alcoholism, highlighting new and innovative approaches to care, describing clinical problems and solutions, and detailing practical, unique approaches to intervention and therapy.