Support Group Cost-Benefit Analysis

Alcoholism is a family disease. According to Saatcioglu, Erim, & Cakmak, overcoming abuse requires joint treatment of the family members (2006). There no single definition for what a family is. Family includes traditional, extended, and elected members. Traditional family is identified as parents and children living under the same roof. This includes blood relatives, adoptive families, foster relationships, grandparents raising grandchildren, and stepfamilies. Extended families, includes grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, and other relatives. Elected families, which are self‐identified and are joined by choice and not by the usual ties of blood, marriage, and law. According to Dictionary.com alcoholism is, “a chronic disorder characterized by dependence on alcohol, repeated excessive use of alcoholic beverages, the development of withdrawal symptoms on reducing or ceasing intake, morbidity that may include
A support group is group of people with common experiences or concerns who provide each other with encouragement, comfort, and advice. Benefits to a support group is the clients can practice social skills while having an “understanding ear” to confide in. An understanding ear is someone with common experiences that can relate to one another. A disadvantage would be clients with social fears are less likely to share. There are also confidentiality concerns. People are also less likely to share because of the fear of being judged or their information being shared. A cost benefit analysis is a systematic approach to estimating the strengths and weaknesses of alternatives that satisfy transactions, activities. One advantage to a CBA is it allows the addict to compare the alternative and this could ultimately led to the improvement of family relationships. However, a disadvantage could that they are unrealistic. The client may set unrealistic