addiction to alcohol whereby it negatively impacts on their lives; these individuals wish to recover and often turn to a program called Alcoholics Anonymous which is a community based rehabilitation program. This program focuses on the socialization of addicts and those that have successfully recovered. The purpose of this paper is to discuss Alcoholics Anonymous as a community based program for rehabilitation and whether
voluntary. As Forsyth explains on p. 543, this group is intended to “help members cope with and identify solutions to specific problems or life crises”. Specifically, Al-Anon is a self-help program that is problem-focused for families and friends of alcoholics to find support, understanding, and hope. The composition of this group was varied based on age, gender, and ethnicity. There were a total of 14 attendees, not including myself. Of this there were 5 males and 9 females. Their ages were as follows:
My second Alcoholics Anonymous meeting was similar to the first meeting I attended. There was the normal readings shared among everyone and the token of sobriety given. As I entered the room the leader asked if this was my first meeting. I explained that it was my second meeting but I was actually there as an observer for a substance course I am taking. He was welcoming to the group and kept telling me how important it is to have more counselors. As the meeting started, I recognized a couple of
I participated in one of the open twelve-step Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) group meeting in Chicago on Saturday morning. Generally speaking, AA groups are a type of voluntarily fellowship group aiming provides support to people with alcohol problem. Often it is compatible with “harm reduction model” and not a psychotherapy group (van Wormer & Davis, 2012). Therefore, most of the psychotherapy group rules and techniques are not being utilized in the AA meetings. However, everyday, all around the world
example. When have you ever witnessed blaming an alcoholic resulting in his quitting drinking? It could have happened. Once. The dictionary defines a stigma as "a mark of shame or discredit.” Blaming a person may make them avoid treatment for the thing over which they are being blamed. Also, social stigma about treatment being a sign weakness may prevent some from seeking alcohol treatment. If anyone knows about using blame, as alcoholics we have it in our repertoire in spades. We frequently
When conducting a research study, the purpose of the study is the acquire data that will support his or her hypothesis. The researcher will employ various assessment tools to collect data to be analyzed by statistical software (e.g. SPSS), to aide with illustrating the statistical significance. Statistical significance can be determined by significance level or alpha (α). The alpha is set at .05; therefore it indicates the rejection of the null hypothesis only if the date occur by chance of five
Throughout my life I have been exposed to various groups of people. I have had the option to join their group or pass by if there are not meaningful connections formed between myself and the group. Whether it is girl scouts, Catholic schooling, or temple with people who express the same cultural values as me – I have come across many possible niches that I have the potential to join. Ultimately, as time passes, so do the discourse communities each person belongs in. In this paper, I will define discourse
depressed.11 During an interview on The Album Chart Show, she admitted, “I do drink a lot. I think it's symptomatic of my depression. I'm manic depressive, I'm not an alcoholic, which sounds like an alcoholic in denial."10 Manic depression is an older term for bipolar
Beach House corroborates this because studies conducted by American Medical association proved mindfulness-based treatment has significantly reduced the risk of relapse compared to those who do not receive this treatment. The procedure is called MBRP which is a combination of cognitive behavioral
Citizens already spend a vast amount of money on prisons; in New York a study found that “The city paid $167,731 to feed, house and guard each inmate last year”(Santora), and more extensive background checks would only increase that cost. The most cost effective solution would be to remove the early release incentive. Traditionally