What is one approach to coping used by many families who have a family member addicted to drugs or alcohol?
A. Essentially the family does not function, but disintegrates.
B. The family functions around the ill person.
C. The family reorganizes, excluding the ill person.
D. The family tries desperately to function exactly as before.
ANS: C
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