Family members of an individual undergoing a 30-day alcohol rehabilitation program ask, "How can we help?" Select the nurse's best response
a. "Alcoholism is a lifelong disease. Relapses are expected."
b. "Use search-and-destroy tactics to keep the home alcohol free."
c. "Prevent embarrassment by covering for your loved one's lapses."
d. "Make your loved one responsible for the consequences of his or her behavior."
D
Often the addicted individual has been enabled when others picked up the pieces for him or her. The individual never faced the consequences of his or her own behaviors. Learning to face those consequences is part of the recovery process. The other options are co-dependent behaviors or are of no help.
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