Recovery-Sensitive Counseling in the Treatment of Alcoholism

Sj, Oliver J. Morgan

doi:10.1300/j020v13n04_06

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“…This narrative quality of the recovery experience (Morgan, 1995) has recently become a dominant paradigm for understanding how individuals are able to maintain abstinence from addictive substances (e.g., Cain, 1991;Rappaport, 1993) and is increasingly the reigning paradigm in counseling work more generally (Parry & Doan, 1994). Indeed, narrative reconstruction is thought to play an important role in recovery from many types of illnesses and accidents (Frank, 1995;Taylor, 1989).…”

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“…Whereas the accounts of deviants often involve themes of luck (usually bad) and fate, individuals who overcome traumatic experiences such as addiction often reconstruct their lives as being planned, orchestrated, or "enfolded by care" (Morgan, 1995). Often this takes the form of "tragic optimism" (Frankl, 1984) or the idea that suffering can be redemptive (see also Taylor, 1989).…”

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Living to Tell the Tale: Redemption Narratives, Shame Management, and Offender Rehabilitation.

Maruna

Ramsden

2004

Healing Plots: The Narrative Basis of Psychotherapy.

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My name is Bill, and I am an alcoholic." Those simple words may be the beginning of one of the best known and most influential narratives in 20th-century American life. The preamble to the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) public speeches has been repeated so often in church basements, school gymnasiums, and (increasingly) Internet chat rooms over the past 60 years that it is easy to overlook just how powerful the phrase is. Far from peripheral to the method of recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous, the sharing and reconstruction of one's own life history is itself the core of the Alcoholics Anonymous method (Cain, 1991;Rappaport, 1993). According to O'Reilly, in Sobering Tales: Narratives of Alcoholism and Recovery (1997):Telling the story--it may be said that, in a sense, there is only one story in AA--enables the speaker to reconstrue a chaotic, absurd, or To preserve the sprat of authenttclty, the words of the speakers have been reproduced m thetr ortgmal form In a few cases, thts entatls some profamty.

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Section: Narratives and Recovery: Making Goodmentioning

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Section: Tragic Optimism and Providence Themesmentioning

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Living to Tell the Tale: Redemption Narratives, Shame Management, and Offender Rehabilitation.

Maruna

Ramsden

2004

Healing Plots: The Narrative Basis of Psychotherapy.

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“…These studies, when taken together, describe recovery as a developmental phenomenon with distinct phases, characteristics, and issues emerging over time. Qualitative and quantitative studies of recovery's developmental phases, when taken together, can provide important guidance for recovery-sensitive treatment that utilizes and enhances healing attributes (Morgan, 1995b(Morgan, , 1998.…”

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Pathways to Long-Term Recovery from Alcohol Dependence

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Morgan

Morrison

2002

Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly

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This descriptive qualitative pilot study explored like attributes of successful recovery among 13 alcoholics with six or more years of continuous sobriety. Seven subjects were current members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Six subjects were spontaneous remitters (SA) chosen through convenience sampling techniques; these persons achieved and maintain stable, long-term recovery without the assistance of a support group. Open-ended questions about attributes that contribute to successful recovery were posed to these participants. Common attributes and themes were identified as these recovering alcoholics: utilized the help of supportive people, accepted help from God or a Higher Power, had a strong desire to get well, strove to be honest with self and built self confidence, and remembered the negative consequences of their past alcohol abuse. Implications for treatment and further research are suggested. The spiritual attributes listed by both groups of participants as important for successful recovery are noted.

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Circles of Recovery

Humphreys

2003

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Recovery-Sensitive Counseling in the Treatment of Alcoholism

Cited by 14 publications

References 12 publications

Living to Tell the Tale: Redemption Narratives, Shame Management, and Offender Rehabilitation.

Living to Tell the Tale: Redemption Narratives, Shame Management, and Offender Rehabilitation.

Pathways to Long-Term Recovery from Alcohol Dependence

Circles of Recovery

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