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Host Krista Tippett speaks with author Susan Cheever, who has written widely about her own experiences with alcoholism and recovery. She also talks with Basil Braveheart of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, a Lakota healer who reclaimed traditional Lakota spiritual practices in his recovery from alcoholism.

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Program Particulars Links + Resources Book + Music Lists Share Reflections: How have spiritual traditions served in the process of recovery for you or a loved one?

Hazelden
[http://hazelden.org/servlet/hazelden/cms/ptt/hazl_landingpage_thought.html?sh=t&sf;=t&page;_id=25907]
A well-known, non-profit organization based in Minnesota that specializes in the addiction treatment of alcohol and drugs.

Time 100
[http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/wilson01.html]
Profile of Bill Wilson, co-founder of AA, who Time magazine considers one of the top 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Written by Susan Cheever.

The Big Book
[http://anonpress.org/bb/]
First published in 1939, the guiding text of Alcoholics Anonymous sets forth the cornerstone concepts of recovery from addiction and shares the stories of men and women who have overcome the disease.

Alcoholics Anonymous
[http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/index.cfm]
Organization founded by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith aimed at helping alcoholics achieve sobriety. Site contains history, texts, and contact information.

The Symbolic Role of Animals in the Plains Indian Sun Dance
[http://www.psyeta.org/sa/sa1.1/lawrence.html]
A paper describing Native American rituals and animals' parts in these ceremonies, published in Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals by Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence.

Correspondence Between Wilson and Jung
Read Bill Wilson's letter January 23, 1961 letter to Dr. Jung. And view a photocopy while reading Dr. Jung's reply letter on January 30, 1961.

Lincoln's Temperance Speech
[http://speakingoffaith.org/programs/recovery/lincoln.shtml]
Read the text of Abraham Lincoln's speech to the Springfield Washington Temperance Society in the Second Presbyterian Church, where he criticized harsh temperance efforts and endorsed a kinder approach to drinking and alcoholism.

Indian School Photo Gallery
[http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/erdrich/boarding/gallery.htm]
Photographs of indigenous children in various boarding school settings around the United States.

Big Book Up for Auction
[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/14/books/14BILL.html]
A June 14, 2004 article in the New York Times discussing the debate taking place over the auctioning of Bill Wilson's master copy of the working draft.