Family members of an individual undergoing a residential 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. "It's important that you visit your family member on a regular basis."
d. "Make your loved one responsible for the consequences of behavior."
ANS: 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, all of which relate to taking responsibility. Learning to face those consequences is part of the recovery process. The other options are codependent behaviors or are of no help.
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