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Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery Volume 12, 2017 - Issue 2-3: Therapuetic Communities
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The Anexo in Northern California: An Alcoholics Anonymous-Based Recovery Residence in Latino Communities

Victor GarciaDepartment of Anthropology and Mid-Atlantic Research and Training Institute for Community and Behavioral Health (MARTI-CBH), Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Anna PaganoPrevention Research Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Oakland, CaliforniaUSA
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Carlos RecartePrevention Research Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Oakland, CaliforniaUSA
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Juliet P. LeePrevention Research Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Oakland, CaliforniaUSAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2330-3736
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Pages 158-176 | Published online: 23 Jun 2017
 
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ABSTRACT

Our ethnographic study on help-seeking pathways of Latino immigrants in northern California reveals that they turn to anexos in their treatment and recovery quest. Anexos are linguistically- and culturally-specific recovery houses with origins in Mexico and Alcoholics Anonymous and a long history in Latino communities across the United States. Drawing on the findings of our study, we characterize the anexos and compare them to other recovery residences using National Alliance for Recovery Residences (NARR) criteria. The description and comparison reveal that anexos cannot be placed into a single NARR residence category. We discuss why this is the case.

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