Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics Anonymous

Introduction

Alcoholics Anonymous is a recovery groups the best known in the community. Recovery group leaders can work in various settings, including substance abuse programs in prisons, in mental health centers and other community centers that provide treatment for addiction. Recovery group leaders need different skills depending on where they work (Galanter 2006). Often, the group leaders for recovery programs are in recovery themselves, although this is generally not a requirement.

Beyond the Influence: Understanding and Defeating Alcoholism is written by Ketcham, Katherine., Asbury F William., Schulstad, Mel. & Ciaramicoli. P Arthur. Beyond the Influence are an update and an elaboration of Katherine Ketcham and James R. Milam's Under the Influence (1981). The alcoholism is a chronic disorder that causes very serious organic lesions and psychological and social handicaps. The alcoholic has a number of psychopathological phenomena: memory impairment, emotional decay, mental and moral, all of which results in neglect of family duties, work, and social work, or the commission of violent acts. In more severe cases may develop the delusion of jealousy, fostered by a loss of sexual potency of alcoholism, delirium tremens are a state of hyperactivity disorganized and confused, which follows on visual and auditory hallucinations (Ketcham et.al 2000).

Strengths and Weaknesses

The excess alcohol use also causes anxiety that generate feelings of fear groundless and grows over time result in actual panic attacks. Behavioral problems. When a young person has an alcohol abuse and inappropriate, behavior can change: fickle mood, sadness, tendency to isolation, loss of appetite, aggressive or violent behavior, criminal behavior. Sleep disorders. An abuse of alcohol or other psychoactive drugs can also cause sleep disorders such as insomnia, frequent awakenings, nightmares or rhythm disturbance of the sleep / wake. These disorders are the cause of feelings of fatigue, impaired concentration, increased irritability and can be ...