Shifting dynamics or breaking sacred traditions? The role of technology in twelve-step fellowships

Svetlana Yarosh

doi:10.1145/2470654.2466468

Shifting dynamics or breaking sacred traditions? The role of technology in twelve-step fellowships

Svetlana Yarosh

Computer Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Twelve-step fellowships are the most common long-term maintenance program for recovery from alcoholism and addiction. Informed by six months of participatory observation of twelve-step fellowship meetings and service structure, I conducted in-depth interviews with twelve members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) about the role of technology in recovery. I found that there are a number of tensions in how technology is perceived and adopted. As technology and twelve-step fellowships interact, issues of anonymity, identity, consensus, access, unity, autonomy, and physical presence are foregrounded. I relate these findings to the broader research landscape and provide implications for future design in this space.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	CHI 2013
Subtitle of host publication	Changing Perspectives, Conference Proceedings - The 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Pages	3413-3422
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2470654.2466468
State	Published - 2013
Event	31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Changing Perspectives, CHI 2013 - Paris, France Duration: Apr 27 2013 → May 2 2013

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Other	31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Changing Perspectives, CHI 2013
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	4/27/13 → 5/2/13

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Addiction
Recovery
Spirituality
Twelve-step fellowships

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Yarosh, S. (2013). Shifting dynamics or breaking sacred traditions? The role of technology in twelve-step fellowships. In CHI 2013: Changing Perspectives, Conference Proceedings - The 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 3413-3422). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). https://doi.org/10.1145/2470654.2466468

Shifting dynamics or breaking sacred traditions? The role of technology in twelve-step fellowships. / Yarosh, Svetlana.
CHI 2013: Changing Perspectives, Conference Proceedings - The 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2013. p. 3413-3422 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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Yarosh, S 2013, Shifting dynamics or breaking sacred traditions? The role of technology in twelve-step fellowships. in CHI 2013: Changing Perspectives, Conference Proceedings - The 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, pp. 3413-3422, 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Changing Perspectives, CHI 2013, Paris, France, 4/27/13. https://doi.org/10.1145/2470654.2466468

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