Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 The Way Back: Strategies for Recovery Chapter 13 Alcohol: Use and Abuse 1 << BACK NEXT >> HOME Content Vocabulary enable codependent denial

Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 The Way Back: Strategies for Recovery Chapter 13 Alcohol: Use and Abuse 2 << BACK NEXT >> HOME Support groups can be a source of strength for people recovering from substance abuse. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a worldwide self- help recovery group. AA uses 12 steps to recovery and spiritual growth that end in the person’s helping others recover.

Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 The Way Back: Strategies for Recovery Chapter 13 Alcohol: Use and Abuse 3 << BACK NEXT >> HOME People addicted to alcohol and members of their families suffer financial, physical, and emotional losses. Costs of Alcoholism

Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 The Way Back: Strategies for Recovery Chapter 13 Alcohol: Use and Abuse 4 << BACK NEXT >> HOME People who are addicted to alcohol place a burden on society by: Taking days off work or school. Losing or quitting jobs. Requiring more hospitalizations. Causing accidents or injuring others. Engaging the legal system if arrested. Costs of Alcoholism

Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 The Way Back: Strategies for Recovery Chapter 13 Alcohol: Use and Abuse 5 << BACK NEXT >> HOME Alcohol addiction also negatively impacts families. The family suffers losses of income and status in the community. Family members may suffer physical and mental abuse. Costs of Alcoholism

Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 The Way Back: Strategies for Recovery Chapter 13 Alcohol: Use and Abuse 6 << BACK NEXT >> HOME Only the addicted person can choose to stop the cycle of addiction. Admitting to having a dependency problem is the first step on the road to recovery. Many times, physical, mental, and emotional defeat force a person to admit to an addiction. Costs of Alcoholism

Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 The Way Back: Strategies for Recovery Chapter 13 Alcohol: Use and Abuse 7 << BACK NEXT >> HOME Recovery from addiction occurs in three stages: Accepting that the problem exists. Quitting alcohol use and getting help. Remaining drug or alcohol-free. Costs of Alcoholism

Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 The Way Back: Strategies for Recovery Chapter 13 Alcohol: Use and Abuse 8 << BACK NEXT >> HOME Family members and friends of alcohol- dependent people must live their own lives as best they can. The Cost of Enabling

Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 The Way Back: Strategies for Recovery Chapter 13 Alcohol: Use and Abuse 9 << BACK NEXT >> HOME If you know someone who drinks excessively, do not enable the person’s alcohol abuse. The Cost of Enabling enable Trying to save the addicted person from consequences of the behavior

Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 The Way Back: Strategies for Recovery Chapter 13 Alcohol: Use and Abuse 10 << BACK NEXT >> HOME Enabling takes many different forms, including providing money to the alcohol abuser, helping to make excuses, or doing the other’s work. By blocking the consequences of the alcohol abuser’s behavior, the enabler prevents the learning that would otherwise take place. The Cost of Enabling

Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 The Way Back: Strategies for Recovery Chapter 13 Alcohol: Use and Abuse 11 << BACK NEXT >> HOME A codependent may need to seek help to learn how to help the alcohol abuser. The Cost of Enabling codependent An enabler who is a member of the family of, or has a close relationship with, a person addicted to a drug

Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 The Way Back: Strategies for Recovery Chapter 13 Alcohol: Use and Abuse 12 << BACK NEXT >> HOME Two support groups that teach enablers how to help the alcohol abuser are Al-Anon and Alateen. Support groups can help children and teens who may feel neglected or suffer abuse as a result of alcoholism in the family. Enablers also learn that they cannot solve or take responsibility for another person’s addiction. The Cost of Enabling

Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 The Way Back: Strategies for Recovery Chapter 13 Alcohol: Use and Abuse 13 << BACK NEXT >> HOME The road to recovery from alcohol or other abuse is long and hard. Recovery

Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 The Way Back: Strategies for Recovery Chapter 13 Alcohol: Use and Abuse 14 << BACK NEXT >> HOME In the beginning of the recovery process from alcohol addiction, the person does not drink or use drugs, but the craving is still there. As time goes on, the person becomes sober and begins to enjoy life without the substance. Recovery

Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 The Way Back: Strategies for Recovery Chapter 13 Alcohol: Use and Abuse 15 << BACK NEXT >> HOME Denial, refusal, bargaining, anger, guilt, and acceptance are emotional stages that a person giving up alcohol must go through. Recovery denial Refusal to believe the facts of a circumstance

Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 The Way Back: Strategies for Recovery Chapter 13 Alcohol: Use and Abuse 16 << BACK NEXT >> HOME What is the difference between an enabler and a codependent? codependent A member of the family of, or has a close relationship with, the person addicted to a drug Section Review: Reviewing the Vocabulary enabler Someone who tries to save the addicted person from the consequences of behavior

Glencoe Making Life Choices Section 4 The Way Back: Strategies for Recovery Chapter 13 Alcohol: Use and Abuse 17 << BACK NEXT >> HOME What is the term meaning “refusal to believe the facts of a circumstance,” such as addiction? denial Refusal to believe the facts of a circumstance Section Review: Reviewing the Vocabulary

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