Posted by Sparrow on 7th July 2008
Alcoholics Anonymous and Nursing; Lessons in Holism and Spiritual Care.
Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) is a worldwide, 2 million-member organization that has assisted countless alcoholics to achieve sobriety through a spiritual program of recovery from alcoholism.
Based on spiritual principles known as the “Twelve Steps” and “Twelve Traditions,” AA has provided a model for other recovery programs such as
- Narcotics Anonymous (NA),
- Gamblers Anonymous (GA), and
- Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA).
- Al-anon
- Adult Children of Alcoholics
Recovery in AA appears to involve a process of self-transcendence.
In recent years, nursing scholars have increasingly explored the concepts of self-transcendence and spirituality as they apply to nursing theory and practice.
This article explores the roots and spiritual dimensions of 12-step recovery programs. It further explores the ways in which theoretical and clinical knowledge about the delivery of spiritual care interventions may be gained from an understanding of AA’s spiritual approach to recovery.
Alcoholics Anonymous and Nursing; Lessons in Holism and Spiritual Care. Eileen M. McGee, J Holist Nurs 2000; 18; 11.
Brief-TSF can assist patients cease alcohol consumption.
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Posted by Sparrow on 6th June 2008
World view change in Adult Children of Alcoholics/Al-Anon self-help groups: Reconstructing the alcoholic family.
Examined the processes through which 20 committed members (aged 29-52 yrs) of self-help groups for adult children of alcoholics experience alterations in their perceptions of family of origin.
Results suggest that world view transformation in the family of origin domain involves;
- learning to define the family as pathological,
- assigning responsibility for this pathology to a disease,
- forgiving oneself,
- accepting that one was adversely affected by the family’s problem, and
- ultimately learning to accept one’s parents’ shortcomings.
Humphreys, Keith. World view change in Adult Children of Alcoholics/Al-Anon self-help groups: Reconstructing the alcoholic family. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. Vol 46(2), Apr 1996, 255-263.
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Posted by Sparrow on 1st June 2008
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Couple Therapy for Alcoholism: A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Manual
by Phylis J. Wakefield, Rebecca E. Williams, Elizabeth B. Yost, Kathleen M. Patterson
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Posted by Sparrow on 7th May 2008
Psychological Characteristics of Children of Alcoholics
By KENNETH J. SHER, PH.D.
More than 20 years ago, researchers first noted that children of alcoholics (COA’s) appeared to be affected by a variety of problems over the course of their life span.
Such problems include;
fetal alcohol syndrome, which is first manifested in infancy;
emotional problems and hyperactivity in childhood;
emotional problems and conduct problems in adolescence; and
the development of alcoholism in adulthood.
Although much has been learned over the ensuing two decades, a number of controversial research areas remain. In particular, debate stems from the fact that despite a common interest in COA’s, clinically focused literature and research-focused literature have resulted in two distinct bodies of knowledge. This article reviews important research results, with emphasis on findings generated by the alcohol-research community. Attention also is given to examining the empirical validity of concepts that have been advanced by several influential clinicians from the COA field.
ALCOHOL HEALTH & RESEARCH WORLD, VOL. 21, NO. 3, 1997
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Posted by Sparrow on 23rd December 2007
We have chosen the following message to convey the spirit of this season as a message of hope to all alcoholics / addicts and co-dependents.
Bill and Lois’ Christmas Message, 1944
- From Bill Wilson – co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous; and
- Lois Wilson – co-founder of Al-anon.
Bill and Lois Wilson
TO ALL MEMBERS
Greetings On Our 10th Christmas 1944
Yes, it’s in the air! The spirit of Christmas once more warms this poor distraught world.
Over the whole globe millions are looking forward to that one day when strife can be forgotten, when it will be remembered that all human beings, even the least are loved by God, when men will hope for the coming of the Prince of Peace as they never hoped before.
But there is another world which is not poor. Neither is it distraught.
It is the world of Alcoholics Anonymous, where thousands dwell happily and secure. Secure because each of us, in his own way, knows a greater power who is love, who is just, and who can be trusted.
Nor can men and women of AA ever forget that only through suffering did they find enough humility to enter the portals of that New World.
How privileged we are to understand so well the divine paradox
- that strength rises from weakness,
- that humiliation goes before resurrection;
- that pain is not only the price but the very touchstone of spiritual rebirth.
Knowing it’s full worth and purpose, we can no longer fear adversity, we have found prosperity where there was poverty, peace and joy have sprung out of the very midst of chaos.
Great indeed, our blessings!
And so — Merry Christmas to you all — from the Trustees, from Bobbie and from Lois and me.
Bill Wilson
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