Manual Available on Alcoholism

The Resource Manual for Helping Families with Alcohol Problems (PGSC6258) can be a valuable tool in providing families the resilience to cope with alcoholism.

The manual is designed to be used by Church leaders and LDS Social Services professionals. Its main focus is on teaching non-drinkers how to help a family member who suffers from alcoholism and how to cope with the problems his drinking creates.

Suggestions for help in the manual rely heavily on the use of resource persons—home or visiting teachers, parents or other relatives, ward or stake welfare services specialists,carefully selected missionaries (especially couples), and LDS Social Services personnel or volunteers. These people are an important part of helping the family learn to deal with a loved one’s drinking problem and helping the drinker move toward a happier, more spiritual life.

The manual is divided into two parts—a “Self Study Workbook” for resource persons involved in helping the alcoholic, and fifteen “Family Discussion Plans,” or lessons. These can help the alcoholic’s family deal with underlying problems that lead to drinking and aid the drinker in overcoming them.

The manual is available through the Salt Lake Distribution Center, 1999 West 1700 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84104, for $2.15.