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This 3 page paper examines the importance of intervening to teach the relatives of alcoholics and drug addicts how to deal with the problems caused by addiction. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Relative Therapy in Drug Addiction Research Compiled
by 7/2011 Please
Alcoholism and other types of drug addictions impact not just those that suffer from the disease but also their relatives. Drug abuse is
associated with a lowered standard of living, numerous health impacts, increased violence in the family, a higher propensity for divorce, and many other problems. Just as therapeutic programs are
important for the alcoholic, relative therapy is important. Addiction can be caused by either a physical or psychological dependence on drugs (Hanson,
2006). Addiction is distinguished from terms such as "substance abuse" in that addiction is substance dependence (Hanson, 2006, 57). A users addiction is evidenced by "continuous use despite
significant substance-related problems known to the user (Hanson, 2006, 57)". There is no way to predict which families will suffer from
the direct and indirect impacts of alcoholism and other forms of drug abuse and which will not (Prentiss, 2007). Much of the research, in fact, reports no consistent correlation
between any behaviors, attitudes, demographics, or personalities which can be used to predict that one individual will suffer these impacts while another will not (Prentiss, 2007).
Unfortunately, the lure of illicit drug use and alcohol is simply too strong to overcome with laws that make this use illegal.
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