| Alcoholism is a disease that needs immediate and | | | | modes of treatment that were compared were that |
| effective treatment because the longer a person is | | | | of attending AA meetings and undergoing relaxation |
| addicted, the more chronic the disease will become | | | | training. Certain groups of people who received these |
| and the use of inappropriate treatment increases the | | | | two types of therapy were selected and studied and |
| chances of relapse. Given this, there is a need for | | | | certain instruments were used to measure the stress |
| rehabilitation centers to employ proven and effective | | | | levels they experienced as they went back to their |
| methods at rehabilitation. However, given that the | | | | families and their work.ResultsThe results of the study |
| ultimate objective of these treatment centers is | | | | showed that although both treatments were effective |
| long-term sobriety, there is a need to examine and | | | | in reducing the stress levels of the people who |
| assess the effectiveness of their programs in the long | | | | received them, it was found that attending AA |
| term. The information from these assessments can be | | | | meetings was the superior mode of treatment. This is |
| very helpful to the personnel of rehabilitation centers | | | | because the study showed that the people who went |
| because they would be able to address and gaps that | | | | to these meetings exhibited lower stress levels and |
| they may find in their programs.Studies doneTo test | | | | they were better at managing the different stresses |
| the long term effectiveness of the programs being | | | | they faced.The objective of rehabilitation programs is |
| used by various treatment centers such as | | | | long-term sobriety for former alcoholics. However, the |
| psychotherapy, a study was done on to determine the | | | | long-term effectiveness of these programs can only |
| changes in stresses that former alcoholics encounter | | | | be determined a few years after they have been |
| when they go back to their lives in the immediate three | | | | administered. Given this, the few studies that have |
| years after they received the treatment. In determining | | | | been able to determine the long-term effectiveness of |
| the stress levels that the subjects experience, the | | | | programs, such as attending AA meetings, serve as |
| people who did the study were able to determine | | | | the very important first steps for further studies that |
| whether the treatment was effective in reducing the | | | | will be able to assess the effectiveness of other |
| stress levels of the subjects. In the study, the two | | | | programs. |