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Are you powerless
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Are You Powerless Over Alcohol?

"...but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without
end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience...To be
'cured' against one's will and cured of states which we may not regard
as disease is to be put on a level with those who have not yet reached
the age of reason or those who never will." - C.S. Lewis

Some people are alcoholic and are not able to prevent relapse on their
own. But not every problem drinker is an alcoholic. Many individuals
are capable of quitting or controlling their drinking behavior on their
own. For them, accepting the belief they have a disease over which they
are powerless does more harm than good. The change strategy you choose
depends on the answer to this important question: Should you accept the
hypothesis that you are powerless to control your drinking?
1. If you are an alcoholic and are unable to influence your drinking
behavior, you will do best to accept the patient role and turn
responsibility for the change over to a higher power [treatment
provider, support group, etc.]. Accepting the hypothesis that you
are not an alcoholic when, in fact, you are is called a Type I
Error.
2. If you are not an alcoholic and your drinking problem is the result
of bad cognitive and behavioral habits, you can enhance your
ability to act as you intend, despite the pull of local stressors
and temptations. Accepting the hypothesis that you are an alcoholic
when, in fact, you are not is called a Type II Error.

While cognitively impaired problem drinkers do better with more
intensive treatment, the opposite is true for the much larger group of
problem drinkers who are not impaired. 3 , 4 In fact, most problem
drinkers with good outcome at one-year follow-up, overcame their
drinking problem without formal treatment. In the two populations
studied in a report in The American Journal of Public Health, most
individuals (77.5% and 77.7%) who had recovered from an alcohol problem
for 1 year or more did so without treatment. A sizable percentage (38%
and 63%) also reported drinking moderately after resolving their
problem.5

The key to good outcome is to match the method to achieve the intended
goal [abstinence or moderate drinking] with the attributes of the
problem drinker. 2 The self test located in the upper left hand area of
this page will help you determine which kind of treatment orientation
is best matched with your personal attributes.
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Change Strategies for Problem Drinkers

An iatrogenic condition refers to a condition caused by or made worse
by the treatment the patient receives. For problem drinkers, the
primary treatment goal is freedom from dependence on alcohol. Treatment
that encourages dependence on an external agent of change is
iatrogenic.

In the United States, 93% of treatment programs for Alcohol Use
Disorders are based on the 12-Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. 6 These
programs advocate the controversial premise that it is best to view
Problem Drinking as a disease. Treatment emphasizes admitting
powerlessness over the illness, complying with a plan developed by
treatment providers, and adopting the norms and values of a new social
groupthe support groupin order to achieve total abstinence, which is
the only acceptable outcome goal. The victim of the disease is
considered responsible for neither the cause nor the resolution of the
problem.

Graduates of these programs do quit drinking. The problem is, they
relapse at unacceptably high rates. 7 Relapses tend to happen during
moments when the external agents who support the change [treatment
providers, support groups] are not around. Even though encounters with
powerful stressors and temptations are inevitable, most graduates of
conventional treatment programs are not prepared to cope with them and
hence are vulnerable to relapse when they come up.

The belief that you are powerless and must depend upon an external
agent to free you is part of the slave mentality that maintains the
addictive trap. You become free of dependence when you develop the
ability to act in accord with your interests and principles despite the
pull of stressor and temptations. The skills required to cope
successfully with your high-risk situations emerges during a
developmental passage that no one can take for you nor spare you.

For problem drinkers whose cognitive or medical conditions allow them
no options other than to replace dependence on a substance with
dependence on a more benevolent source of control, this is the only
viable approach. However, for those with good cognitive abilities and a
practical, inner-directed mind set, there is an alternative approach:
admitting that you are responsible for your actions and developing the
capability to cope successfully with situations that would put you at
risk of relapse. If you have been able to follow this text, enhancing
the power of your will rather than admitting powerlessness may be the
better approach for you, for the same reason that teaching a person to
fish is better than giving that person a fish. Sobriety is reversible;
learning the skills to cope with stress and temptation have
irreversible consequences!
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The Path of Greatest Advantage

To follow the path of greatest advantage rather than yield in the
direction of least resistance - George Bernard Shaw

Developing an understanding of the principles of cause-and-effect that
influence your actions can enable you to change the course of your
life. You are not the first one to face this challenge. During the
passage that lies ahead, you will encounter many of the same kinds of
high-risk situations that others have had to cope with. Over the past
three decades, psychologist, William J. Dubin, Ph.D., has accompanied
thousands of individuals through their passage to freedom from
dependence on alcohol. The Path of Greatest Advantage: How to escape
addictive traps and act in accord with your interests and principles is
the treatment manual and resource kit that has emerged from these
collaborations.

Developing the strength of your will sufficient to resist the influence
of the stressors and temptations awaiting you is an ambitious goal. To
achieve it you will have to do more than passively read text. The
thought experiments and media files included in this program elicit
trance-formative experiences. You will have the opportunity to explore
ancient and modern methods of coping with crises in ways that enable
you to act mindfully. Thought experiments, hypnotic inductions, and
meditative techniques presented throughout the course invite you to
experience, learn to tolerate, and practice manipulating subjective
phenomena. These covert exercises will help you develop the skills and
faculties to cope with the high-risk situations you are bound to
encounter.

Collaborative Support to Help You Through a Dangerous Passage

"That which does not destroy me makes me stronger."- Nietzsche

One way or another it is essential that you accomplish what you set out
to accomplish. Ahead of you is perhaps the most heroic challenge of
your life. Failure can destroy you; success can give you payoffs beyond
your expectations. If you can develop the coping skills that enable you
to act as intended during crises of stress and temptation, you will
become stronger because of the struggle than those who did not have to
develop these powers.

Over my long career as a scientist-practitioner I have acquired a lot
of knowledge about addictive traps and how to escape them. You have
specific knowledge about your history, vulnerabilities, values, and
goals. Our task is to collaborate in a way that helps you get what you
want out of this one life you have to live. There are many ways for us
to collaborate. The first step is to download The Path of Greatest
Advantage. Go ahead and try it out now; there's NO RISK to you. If you
find that it is not well matched with you, or does not do what you
wanted, simply let us know within 60 days and we will refund you in
full. No questions asked.
William J. Dubin, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist

Total Abstinence vs. Moderation

The disease model assumes that the individual is powerless to control
alcohol consumption, and so does not permit moderation as a treatment
goal. The self-determination model does permit such a goal. Most
problem drinkers are tempted by this possibility, but be careful:
controlled drinking is much more difficult than abstinence. Many
problem drinkers are not well matched with moderate drinking and
repeated failed attempts do more harm than good.

Your relationship with alcohol can take three forms: 1) abstinence, 2)
controlled use, or 3) uncontrolled use. Our position on moderate
drinking: You are an adult and it is your call. If you can follow your
drinking rules all the time you can be a controlled drinker, if you
cannot then you must choose between abstinence and uncontrolled use.
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References

1 Project MATCH Research Group. (1993). Project MATCH: Rationale and
methods for a multi site clinical trial matching patients to alcoholism
treatment. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 17,
1130-1145.
2 Hester, R. K., & Miller, W. R. (Eds.) (2003). Handbook of alcoholism
treatment approaches: Effective alternatives (3rd ed.). Boston, MA:
Allyn & Bacon.
3 Treatment Settings for Persons With Alcoholism Evidence for Matching
Clients to Inpatient Versus Outpatient Care Robert G. Rychtarik Gerard
J. Connors Robert B. Whitney Neil B. McGillicuddy James M. Fitterling
Philip W. Wirtz Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology April
2000 Vol. 68, No. 2, 277-289
4 Research on Matching alcoholic patients to treatments: Findings,
issues and implications - M Mattson & J. Allen. J of addictive
Diseases, 1991, 11, 33-49
5 Recovery from alcohol problems with and without treatment: Prevalence
in two population surveys. Sobell, Linda C.; Cunninghamm, John A.;
Sobell, Mark B. American Journal of Public Health. 1996 Jul Vol 86(7)
966-972
6 NIDA clinical trials APA2001
7 Treatment Settings for Persons With Alcoholism Evidence for Matching
Clients to Inpatient Versus Outpatient Care Robert G. Rychtarik Gerard
J. Connors Robert B. Whitney Neil B. McGillicuddy James M. Fitterling
Philip W. Wirtz Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology April
2000 Vol. 68, No. 2, 277- 289

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