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A 13 page paper which examines the problem of
alcohol abuse in women. The paper examines the theoretical approach of motivational
interviewing as a treatment for women who abuse alcohol. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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13 pages (~225 words per page)
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that need to be taken into consideration. For example, in the case of substance abuse, each individual may have a very different reason for being self abusive and their particular
position in society, i.e. parent, spouse, worker, can also be related directly to the abusive problem in one way or another. In short, treating substance abusers is not something that
can be approached in only one way with the expectation of achieving success. In the following paper we focus on alcohol abuse and women. This is becoming and increasingly
serious problem due to pregnancy conditions and due to the changing lifestyles of many women, both young and old. The paper first discusses the client group itself, examining literature concerning
alcohol abuse and women. The paper then moves on through various topics, discussing the method of Motivational Interviewing as the best approach to assist women with alcohol abuse problems.
Client Group The first article we examine as it relates to women and alcohol comes to us from an interview with a woman who has studied the subject of
women and alcohol in an attempt to understand her own sisters abuse of alcohol. Her discoveries are fairly basic, but also enlightening. "Jersilds journey became a mission, and she eventually
interviewed more than 40 recovered and active alcoholic women across the United States: young, old; black, white; sisters, mothers, grandmothers. She interviewed women whod been drinking for as long as
they could remember, others whod been sober for years but battled the craving every day, women who had recently resolved to get sober, and those who had tried--and failed--over and
over again" (Dykstra, 2001; p. 84). In an interview she was asked what stood out as unique in terms of women and alcohol abuse. Her reply: "That being
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