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Ministering to Alcoholics

  • Author:  John E. Keller
  • Publisher:  Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Date:  1966
  • Cover:  Hardback
  • Dust Jacket:  No
  • Number of Pages:  158
  • Size:  6" x 8 3/4"
  • Condition:  Previous owner's label is on first endpaper. Pages are in very good condition with no writing or marking. Binding is secure. Cover has some fading on the back, some light edgewear, and a small label taped at the lower spine.
  • Summary:  In the 1950's the Board of Directors of the Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, the Executive Committee of the American Lutheran Church, extended a call to the author to serve as chaplain with the special assignment of learning about alcoholism and counseling with alcoholics. Contents of the book are:
    • UNDERSTANDING ALCOHOLISM AND ACCEPTING ALCOHOLICS
    • PROGRESSIVE SYMPTOMS OF ALCOHOLISM
    • ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
    • COUNSELING THE ALCOHOLIC
    • FOURTH AND FIFTH STEPS
    • COUNSELING THE SPOUSE
    • ALCOHOL EDUCATION