In recent years, alcohol abuse and dependence have become topics of increasing concern in Uganda, but the chronic relapsing brain disease model of addiction remains only one of many ways of understanding and addressing alcohol-related problems there. For many Ugandan Pentecostals and spirit mediums to be addicted is to be under the control of a being that comes from outside the self. Where these two groups differ, and here they differ strongly, is in regard to the moral valence of these external spirits and what ought to be done about them. This article draws on four years of collaborative ethnographic fieldwork to explore the affordances of these ways of viewing and experiencing addiction and recovery for Ugandans attempting to leave alcohol behind. While the idioms of bondage, dedication, and possession are at times severe, this article argues that they contain within them concepts and practices that point away from models of addiction as a chronic relapsing brain disease and towards the possibility of release.

近年来，酒精滥用和依赖已成为乌干达日益关注的话题，但成瘾的慢性复发性脑病模型仍然只是理解和解决与酒​​精相关问题的众多方法之一。对许多乌干达五旬节派和灵媒来说，上瘾是被一个来自自我之外的存在所控制。这两个群体的不同之处，并且在这里它们的强烈不同，在于这些外在精神的道德价值以及应该如何处理它们。本文利用四年的合作民族志田野调查，探讨这些观察和体验成瘾和康复的方式对试图戒酒的乌干达人的启示。虽然束缚、奉献和占有的习语有时很严厉，