PSY 250
Homework #8
Naugle
Homework Assignment #8
Due: April 17
For this homework assignment, please use the material you read in Chapter 12, what is covered
in lecture, and your personal experiences and opinions to formulate your answers to the
questions listed below. Please type your answers to each question.
Organizations like Alcoholics Anonymous assert that the only way to insure that a
substance will not be abused in the future is to never again use the substance.
1)
Is it true that once you are an alcoholic, you are always an alcoholic? Why or why not?
2)
Is one drink sufficient to begin a binge (excessive use of the substance)? Why or why
not?
3)
Can alcoholics be taught to become social drinkers? Why do you think this?
4)
What are the consequences of AA’s stance? Why might the position of AA be a
problem?
5)
What are the consequences of challenging the AA stance? Why might an alternative
position (e.g., controlled drinking) be a problem?