The Collected Ernie Kurtz – Collection

**Kurtz, Ernest. “Why A.A. Works: The Intellectual Significance of Alcoholics Anonymous.” Journal of Studies on Alcohol 43, no. 1 (1982): 38-80.

Kurtz, Ernest. “Recovering From Shame: Toward the Joy of Living Sober.” Alcoholism: The National Magazine 2, no. 5 (1982): 36-37.

Kurtz, Ernest. “The Story of A.A.’s Story: A Vital Sense of History.” The Fellowship: The First 50 Years (1985): 49-51.

*Kurtz, Ernest. “Origins of A.A. Spirituality.” The Blue Book Vol XXXVIII: Proceedings for the 38th Annual Symposium XXXVIII (1986): 35-42.

**Kurtz, Ernest. “Shame in the Eighties.” Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 4, #2 (1987): 1-6.

**Kurtz, Ernest. “Alcoholics Anonymous: A Phenomenon in American Religious History, in Peter Freese (ed.), Religion and Philosophy in the United States of America: Proceedings of the German American Conference, Paderborn, 1986 (Essen: Verlag Die Blaue Eule, 1987), vol. 2, pp. 447-462.

*Kurtz, Ernest. “An Addiction Syllabus: How to Educate About the Disease.” The Blue Book Vol. XXXIX: Proceedings From the 39th Annual Symposium XXXIX (1987): 21-30.

**Kurtz, Ernest. “‘Spiritual Rather Than Religious’: The Contribution of Alcoholics Anonymous.” in Prevention and Control/Realities and Aspirations: Volume II, ed. R. B. Waahlberg, pp. 678-86 [??]. Oslo, Norway: National Directorate for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Problems, 1989.

**Kurtz, Ernest. “The Spirituality of William James: A Lesson from Alcoholics Anonymous”; invited paper presented at the 98th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA, 12 August 1990.

**Kurtz, Ernest. “Drugs and the Spiritual: Bill W. Takes LSD.”1991.

*Kurtz, Ernest. “Commentary.” in Annual Review of Addictions Research and Treatment: Volume 2, eds. James W. Langenbucher, Barbara S. McCrady, William Frankenstein, and Peter E. Nathan, 397-400. New York: Pergamon Press, 1992.

**Kurtz, Ernest. “Research on Alcoholics Anonymous: The Historical Context.” in Research on Alcoholics Anonymous: Opportunities and Alternatives, eds. Barbara S. McCrady, and William R. Miller, 13-26. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies, 1993.

**Kurtz, Ernest. “Foreword.” in Kishline, Audrey. Moderation Management. Ann Arbor, MIModeration Management Network; 1993.

**Miller, William R. and Ernest Kurtz. “Models of Alcoholism Used in Treatment: Contrasting A.A. and Other Perspectives with Which It Is Often Confused,” Journal of Studies on Alcohol 55(2): 159-166 (1994).

**Kurtz, Ernest “Spirituality and Recovery: The Historical Journey.” The N.C.C.A. Blue Book 47 (1996): 5-29.

**Kurtz, Ernest. “Twelve-Step Programs.” in Spirituality and the Secular Quest, ed. Peter H. VanNess, pp. 277-302. World Spirituality: An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest, General Editor Ewert Cousins, vol. 22. New York: Crossroad, 1996.

*Kurtz, Ernest. “On-Line Self-Help Groups.” in The Michigan Self-Help Group Directory, eds. Toni A. Young, and Sue Kollmeyer, xvii-xx. 2nd ed. Lansing, Michigan: The Michigan Self-Help Group Directory, 1997.

**Kurtz, Ernest. “Telephone Support and Online Self-Help.” in Self-Help and Support Groups: A Manual for PractitionersLinda Farris Kurtz, 183-98 Chapter 11 . Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997.

*Kurtz, Ernest, and Linda Farris Kurtz. “The Social Thought of Alcoholics.” Journal of Drug Issues (1985): 119-34.