The wife of a client attending an alcoholism rehabilitation program goes to an Al-Anon meeting
The fundamental Al-Anon teaching that will help the client's wife cope with her husband's drinking
is
a. the drinker's abstinence must be supervised.
b. the client is responsible for his or her own drinking.
c. maintenance of sobriety cannot be expected.
d. significant others need her to meet client dependency needs.
B
Al-Anon teaches family members that they did not cause the disease, that they cannot control it, and
they cannot cure it. They advocate making the alcoholic responsible for his or her own behavior.
None of the other options is a basic teaching in Al-Anon.
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