title: Alcoholics anonymous and rational recovery: readability of the "big book" vs the small book.
abstract: Readability of the Big Book used in Alcoholics Anonymous confirmed Mills' finding of an 8th- or 9th-grade reading level, but readability of the Small Book for Rational Recovery required college level reading.
authors.affiliation: Medicine Bow Psychological Services, Laramie, WY 82070, USA.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Rather
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D000436:Alcoholics Anonymous; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000628:therapy*; D001638:Bibliotherapy; D006801:Humans; D011932:Reading