A wife of a man with long-term alcoholism wants to help her husband quit drinking. The nurse tells her that an initial approach might be for a group of friends and family to confront the patient with his alcoholism
What should this group be prepared to indicate during this confrontation? a. He needs help; his drinking is out of hand.
b. They are fed up with him and will no longer be his friend.
c. They reject his drinking but think he is a valuable person.
d. He is still their friend even if he does not stop drinking.
C
The implementation for encouraging an alcoholic to go into treatment consists of a group of people telling the alcoholic that they think his drinking is destructive, but they do not reject him as a person.
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