Use the labeling approach to describe the impact of the alcoholic…

Use the labeling approach to describe the impact of the alcoholic…

Use the labeling approach to describe the impact of the alcoholic

label on people. Trace the development of the label with the growth of the abstinence movement of the nineteenth century. Show how it can become a self-fulfilling prophecy when former friends, relatives, or drinking companions reject a problem drinker. Report on the large number of professionals working in community-based programs whose livelihood depends on alcoholism diagnoses. Also show how AA uses an “alcoholic” label as part of its therapeutic approach. Point out how other cultures do not label drinkers and thus have less alcoholism