An alcoholic is always classified as an alcoholic, but there are solutions to an acoholics disease.The proper control of alcohol stems from having the proper knowledge about the addiction to the substance. Families that retain more knowledge about the signs and behaviors of an addict will endure an easier road to recovery. The knowledge of an addiction can help the family unit build a treatment program to help the addict and themselves towards recovery. Families with an alcoholic addiction present should make an effort to retain information about addictions to prevent future addictions in the family unit. Education of the addiction can help a family address the issues surrounding an addiction, medically and psychologically, before the addiction spirals out of control. A place such as an A.A. meeting, also known as alcoholics anonymous meeting, can help families and individuals really understand addiction through testimonies of others like themselves. In these meetings, addicts are more susceptible to admitting their addiction to people whom they feel understand them better. Families cannot force addicts to get help. Addicts must willingly admit their addiction in order to correctly recover. At A.A. meetings they encourage others to share their personal stories about their addiction in order to be able to deal with the addiction and potentially control it in a safe environment. (“What is Al-Anon?”)
Works Cited:
"AA Medallions-AA Coins-AA Chips." Recovery-World. Web. 20 October 2010.
“What is Al-Anon?”.Al-Anon/Alteen. Web. 16 October 2010.
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