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<strong>Alcohol</strong>ism and Problem Drinking:<br />

Profile of <strong>Alcohol</strong>ics Anonymous<br />

! Philosophy<br />

! The best person to reach an alcoholic is a<br />

recovered alcoholic<br />

! Immersion: Attend 90 meetings in 90 days<br />

! 12-step program - spiritual focus, conversion<br />

! Disease model<br />

! Recovery depends on staying sober<br />

! Members provide social reinforcement for one<br />

another's abstinence<br />

! <strong>Alcohol</strong>ism<br />

! A disease that can be managed, not never cured<br />

! <strong>Alcohol</strong> plays no part in the person’s future

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