Contents -- Gratitude -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUTION: The Sex Addict, the Dry Drunk, and the Ubiquitous Recovery Movement -- PART ONE: ADDICITION AND RECOVERY -- 1: The Metaphor of Disease -- 2: The Antidote of Surrender -- PART TWO: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AND PRINT CULTURE -- 3: Reading the Language of the Heart -- 4: The ''Feminization'' of AA Culture -- PART THREE: POLITICS AND SPIRIT -- 5: The Varieties of Feminist Recovery Experience -- 6: Oprah Winfrey and the Disease of Difference -- AFTERWORD: Recovery as a ''Populist'' Culture -- Appendix A: Alcoholics Anonymous Membership -- Appendix B: Reprintings and Distribution of Alcoholics Anonymous -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.