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A 3 page research paper that offers a solution to treatment to alcoholism within families (membership in Alcoholics Anonymous) and then describes an objection to that solution (criticism of AA). Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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and 10 times to develop a drinking problem ("The Scope" 111). COAs are also much more likely to start drinking earlier in life. Results from the National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiologic
Survey shows that for people who start drinking young (prior to age 15) are four times more likely to develop an alcohol dependency problem ("The Scope" 111). More than 700,000
people seek treatment for recovery from alcohol addiction every day in the U.S. ("Research refines" 53). As these statistics suggest, a drinking problem often affects families-either directly by passing
on a predisposition to developing alcoholism; or indirectly, through the behavior of a loved one who is alcoholic. Participation in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or in "professional treatment programs" that are
based on the 12-step approach of AA to alcoholic recovery constitutes the "dominant approach to alcoholism treatment" in the U.S. ("Research refines" 53). The 12 steps involved, first of all,
admitting ones powerlessness to overcome addiction and that ones life has become unmanageable. Individuals then place their trust in a higher power (God as they understand the concept) and realistically
begin to examine their lives through meditation and prayer, aided by the social support of their AA group, as they work their way through the remaining steps.
A research study that evaluated the factors that contribute to success using an AA 12-step approach to recovery found that the presence of five
characteristics in the individual can greatly enhance the chances of success using AA. These characteristics are "self-efficacy, commitment to abstinence, cognitive coping, behavioral coping, and primary appraisal of harm due
to drinking" ("Research refines" 53). In addition to AA, there are numerous offspring organizations, such as Al-Anon and Alateen, that are tailored to addresses the needs of family members of
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