Inside A.A. with writer Clancy Martin
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Philosophy professor and writer CLANCY MARTIN credits Alcoholics Anonymous with saving his life. In The drunk’s club: A.A., the cult that cures, his cover story in the January issue of Harper’s Magazine, Martin tells his own story (his father is also an A.A. veteran) of recovery and takes readers inside A.A., exploring its culture and history as well as the controversies over the nature of alcoholism. Martin is a contributor to Harper’s Magazine and is a professor of Philosophy at University of Missouri, Kansas City.
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