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This 3 page paper discusses the design of AA, how it delivers its services, and evaluates its effectiveness. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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and evaluates its effectiveness. Discussion The design of AA is revealed in its "Big Book," which is free on line to anyone who wants to read it. In it, a
writer explains the thinking behind the organization, which is simply that the only person who truly understands what an alcoholic is going through is another alcoholic (There is a solution).
The writer explains that alcoholism, unlike other illnesses such as cancer, evokes no sympathy in those around the alcoholic; instead, alcoholism "engulfs all whose lives touch the sufferers. It brings
misunderstanding, fierce resentment, financial insecurity, disgusted friends and employers, warped lives of blameless children, sad wives and parents-anyone can increase the list" (There is a solution). The book goes on
to explain that many alcoholics have gone to doctors and psychiatrists for help, only to find that the medical community has no answers, and that it does not understand the
alcoholics compulsion to drink (There is a solution). "Highly qualified psychiatrists" who have worked with alcoholics have been unable to get them to open up and discuss their situations "without
reserve"; it appears to be even more difficult for the alcoholic to confide in family members an intimate friends that it is for him to discuss his drinking with a
medical professional (There is a solution). However, "the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly armed with facts about himself, can generally win the entire confidence of
another alcoholic within a few hours. Until such an understanding is reached, little or nothing can be accomplished" (There is a solution). This is the basis for AA-former alcoholics helping
those who are still drinking. Its a case of "been there, done that," and those who are now trying to quit know that their mentors and sponsors are speaking from
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