Title |
Al-Anon and recovery.
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Published in |
Recent developments in alcoholism an official publication of the American Medical Society on Alcoholism the Research Society on Alcoholism and the National Council on Alcoholism, January 1989
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4899-1678-5_5 |
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Authors |
T L Cermak |
Abstract |
The history of Al-Anon and its current demographics are reviewed. In order to understand 12-step recovery and psychotherapy for family members of alcoholics, the concept of codependence is defined with a set of diagnostic criteria consistent with the DSM-III-R definition of personality traits and disorders. At the core of codependence are denial and an unrealistic relationship to willpower. The therapeutic implications of considering codependence as a personality disorder are explored, as are the characteristics that make codependence unique among personality disorders: the central role of denial and the existence of a self-help organization to facilitate recovery. The dynamics of working the 12 steps on codependent characteristics are outlined. A synergistic relationship between psychotherapy and the 12 steps is described. Special attention is given the emergence of Al-Anon adult children of alcoholic meetings, and the future of codependence is discussed. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 13 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 31% |
Researcher | 2 | 15% |
Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 15% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 8% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 8% |
Other | 1 | 8% |
Unknown | 2 | 15% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Psychology | 7 | 54% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 15% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 8% |
Unknown | 3 | 23% |