The Effectiveness of Group Intervention for Substance Abusers and Alcoholics

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Running head: The Effectiveness of Group Intervention The Effectiveness of Group Intervention for Substance Abusers and Alcoholics Group Procedures and Counselling Submitted to: Geraldine Garwood By: Leroy Montaque The Jamaica Theological Seminary Substance Abuse and Its Effects Substance abuse is the excessive use of a substance, especially alcohol or drug. The meaning varies within cultural contexts. Gladding (2009) stated that “substance abuse is the habitual misuse of intoxicating and addicting substances such as alcohol, drugs, and tobacco…that can affect the way a person’s mind and body works, including stimulants, depressants, and hallucinogens” (p. 459). . Usage of such substances damages the mental, physical, emotional, social and spiritual aspect of a person. Substance abuse distorts a person’s cognitive processes; affects attention; can affect born and unborn child through the means of breast milk and in the womb respectively (Pagliaro and Pagliaro 1996, p. 126-176). Substance abusers over a period of time of using drugs become a danger to themselves and society. Substance abuse damages family life and relationships in general, as the abuser through aggression may verbally and physically abuse family and friends. The influence of the person using drugs is also a potential danger to children in a household (Pagliaro and Pagliaro 1996, p. 126-137). Genesis Chapter 26 demonstrates how Abraham’s lying to the King of Egypt saying that Sarah, his wife was his sister, fearing if he said otherwise, Pharaoh would kill him and take her away, caused his son Isaac in Genesis chapter 26 to react in a similar manner when he and his wife, Rebekah were in Gerar (Tyndale Charitable Trust 1996, p. 50). The actions of substance abusers can affect their families in the present and

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