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Vernon
E. Johnson who is a founder of Johnson institutes wrote this
book. This book has really given a great hope not only to
the alcoholic but also the alcoholic's family, relatives and
friends.
I'LL QUIT TOMORROW, Vernon E. Johnson. This book presents
the latest information on the emotional syndrome that accompanies
alcoholic relapse, the significance of blackouts, and the
effects of alcoholism on family members. He distinguishes
primary effects of drugs of abuse on the body, the feedback
effects, the feed forward effects, and sensitization.
I'll Quit Tomorrow shows the concept or in the other words
it could also be said that it represents the way that gives
hopes to alcoholics, their families, friends and relatives.
The method of leaving alcohol is not the only objective of
Johnson; his main ambition could also be taken as to assure
permanent recovery of the victim. The objective on which Johnson
focused most is the treatment by which a person could leave
alcohol and he or she can live even a reproductive and healthy
life and besides this he or she could live a life which is
free of alcohol.
It is a collective, professionally guided effort by the significant
people in an addict/alcoholic's life to precipitate a crisis
through gentle confrontation, and thereby, to remove the patient's
defensive obstructions to recovery. In preparing for such
a confrontation, the family and friends of the alcoholic/addict
also deal with their lack of knowledge about, and prior mismanagement
of the disease (Twerski, Abraham, 1983).
I feel that this book helps in every way for the treatment
of alcoholism. It focuses on every single area about addiction.
Addiction is an illness in which there is a pattern of misuse
of a drug, problems with social life or work, and evidence
of tolerance that gradually needing a higher dose to get the
same effect or withdrawal of having certain dangerous physical
symptoms if you stop the drug suddenly. People with addiction
suffer from an irresistible need to use a drug at higher doses
and more often, despite knowing the serious physical or emotional
results and despite extreme disruption of their lives. The
official psychiatric term for addiction is Substance Dependence.
This book gives an account of emotions, addiction, and human
choice. It shows admirable clear work on the social sciences
and the dynamics behind people's irrational behavior. It gives
strong feeling of emotion based on facts. It gives inspiration
of directness and simplicity that much literature in this
field lacks.
This book gives a vast amount of empirical work on addiction
in psychology of alcoholic and also defines the effects on
family members. The phenomenological features and the causal
features of addiction, with a commanding understanding of
the scientific research, is especially important for the causal
side.
This book contains a wide range of techniques for success.
Step by step understanding of addiction problem helps the
reader realize the significance of the psychological components
of addiction.
I feel this book is helpful in reflecting on how society can
measure the effectiveness of an addiction theory. It is simply
to judge how the model ameliorates society's problems.
I feel that this book provides complete treatment for alcoholics.
Basically, treatments are available all over the place and
it could be found everywhere. But it's just that, if a person
is really willing to leave alcohol then there is nothing which
could result as a problem as it is something which a person
can do by their own wish. By understanding the concept of
this book I feel that treatment begins with a gradual withdrawal
of the drugs if the person is physically dependent. On the
other hand treatment may include support from family, relatives
and friends.
It is difficult but not impossible to determine the greatest
loss to society resulting from the use of psychoactive substances,
but those who work with offenders are particularly concerned
about the links between drugs, alcohol, that results in greater
number of addicts.
Vernon Johnson (1980) has written that chemical dependency
is especially primary from a practical viewpoint. If there
is an emotional disorder, no lasting or effective therapy
can be delivered until dependency itself is corrected. The
primary factor within this primary condition, however, is
the delusion, or impaired judgment, which keeps harmfully
dependent people locked into self- destructive patterns. This
must be met and dealt with first . . . since it blocks any
[other] therapeutic process at all (Vernon Johnson, 1990).
Dr. Johnson describes
that design for a cohesive group of friends and family to
take a stand with the alcoholic, and present the specific
facts of his/her drinking and behavior in a loving and caring
way, coupled with an offer of immediate help. (Johnson, Vernon
E., 1980).
In my opinion this book provides adequate examples and research.
If we treat alcoholism as a primary problem a remarkable number
of life problems are resolved once the alcoholism recovery
process is under way. I'll Quit Tomorrow is the perfect book
which a person needs to give up alcohol. As it describes each
and every point and methods of leaving alcohol. These types
of books should always be admired and appreciated since these
types of books have all the qualities and methods by which
an addicted person could get relief from alcohol.
References
Johnson, Vernon E. (September
1990). I'll quit tomorrow: A practical guide to Alcoholism
Treatment - Revised edition).
Twerski, Abraham J.
(1983) Early intervention in alcoholism: Confrontational Techniques.
Hospital & Community Psychiatry, 34 (11), 1027-1030.
National Institute
on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Johnson, V. 1980 I'll Quit
Tomorrow. New York: Harper and Row.
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