Major Goals of 12-Step Facilitation Therapy (TSF) in Project MATCH

Acceptance

  • Acceptance by patients that they suffer from the chronic and progressive illness of alcoholism
  • Acceptance by patients that they have lost the ability to control their drinking
  • Acceptance by patients that because there is no effective cure for alcoholism, the only viable alternative is complete abstinence from the use of alcohol

Surrender

  • Acknowledgment on the part of the patient that hope for recovery (i.e., sustained sobriety) exists, but only by accepting the reality of loss of control and by having faith that some higher power can help the patient, whose own willpower has been defeated by alcoholism
  • Acknowledgment by the patient that the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) has helped millions of alcoholics sustain their sobriety and that the patient’s best chances for success are to follow the AA path.

Brief-TSF follows these goals

Related Reading:

Adult Children of Alcoholics
The Complete ACOA Sourcebook: Adult Children of Alcoholics at Home, at Work and in Love
Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic: Professional Views and Personal Insights (The Praeger Series on Contemporary Health and Living)
Alcoholics Anonymous: Big Book, First Edition


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