Week 9: Personal and Professional Policies, Processes, and Resources

Community resources like Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs are important tools in addressing addiction. There are also many other important resources available other than 12-step support groups, but their existence is often dependent on public support, funding, and regulatory policies. Legislation that supports the funding of community resources to address addiction can make all the difference in providing support for people with problems with addiction in their work toward recovery.

 

Learning Objectives

 

Students will:

 

· Evaluate social change legislation

 

· Analyze interaction between social change legislation and professional codes of ethics

 

· Analyze social change implications for helping professionals

 

· Apply individual and community resources related to addiction recovery

 

· Evaluate 12-step programs for addiction recovery

 

Learning Resources

 

Note:  To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the  Course Materials  section of your Syllabus.

 

Required Readings

 

Doweiko, H. E. (2019). Concepts of chemical dependency (10th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage.

 

· Chapter 27, “The Substance Use Disorders As a Disease of the Human Spirit” (pp. 376-388)

 

· Chapter 35, “Support Groups to Promote and Sustain Recovery” (pp. 493-505)

 

· Chapter 38, “The Debate Over Legalization” (pp. 543-555)

 

Required Media

 

Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. (2012). The twelve steps and twelve traditions online. Retrieved from http://www.aa.org/1212/

 

 

 

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