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| Written by Michael Galloway, MEd, MA | |
| Wednesday, 02 January 2008 | |
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As addiction treatment professionals, we know the addict faces two
challenges. The first is to stop using — to “put the plug in the jug.”
The second is twofold: to make personal changes and to sustain a
recovery program “one day at a time.”
The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM, 1996) specifies that effective treatment planning is “developed based on a bio-psychosocial assessment of the patient.” Chemical dependency is not simply a problem of morals, irrational thinking or poor choices, but a complex medical disease. According to alcohol treatment researcher and author James Milam, PhD, “The alcoholic must fully and completely understand his disease — how it occurs, how it has affected his personality and behavior, why he is depressed when he stops drinking, why alcohol makes him feel better, why he experiences the urge to drink, why he cannot ever safely take a drink, why he will return to drinking if he is not protected — in short, all of these questions must be confronted and answered. Once he understands his disease, he will also understand what he must do to control it.” Want to read the entire article? Don't miss out...Subscribe now to Counselor Magazine—or buy the single issue! It's easy. Just follow the links below:
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One person has commented on this article. 1. Untitled terri fisher, Unregistered Sometimes one does not have to know any of that information to clean and sober.Sometimes all it takes is a situation i.e death due to drunk driving, children getting taken away, or just tired of being sick and tired of getting beat up by the disease of addiction. Posted 2008-01-13 06:08:17              |
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