Hi all -- the article by Bateson was reprinted in a Family Networker of 1988 but I can't get any more details. Very interesting piece though, and when I visit South Africa again I'll pull it out and get a better reference.
Dave -- I couldn't agree more that the term 'dry drunk' is offensive. It is most often used to insinuate that somebody else has less quality of sobriety than the speaker and is patronising and usually a personal insult disguised as concern. Often it is used about people who are secular or whose spiritual path is not the same as the person calling them a 'dry drunk'. We should just drop that term from popular usage.
I find AA very helpful but I don't believe in an uncritical approach to any methodology or community. And human nature is just human. I try not to sweat the petty stuff.
Anyone who has 24 hours sober is a brilliant recovering hero as far as I am concerned.
Love
Mala