Alcohol abuse is becoming a more common problem in the United States and surrounding countries. Now, more than ever, instead of merely imprisoning alcohol abusers who have committed a crime, the law is also enforcing treatments among these criminals, the most common being Alcoholics Anonymous or something of a sort. Most everyone has heard of Alcoholics Anonymous at one time or another, and many have even known someone to have had participated in a program …showed first 75 words of 1487 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1487 total…a patient go through some sort of drug therapy treatment, psychotherapy, and join support groups in order to get the best sobriety results (Alcohol, 2002). Works Cited Alcohol Treatment, Copyright 2002, http://www.AlcoholCME.com Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Copyright 2002,http://www.AAGrapevine.org Mumola, Christopher, J. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report, "Substance Abuse and Treatment of Adults on Probation, 1995", March 1998 National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Jan 28, 2002.