Alcoholist families: the search for nexus of maintenance, accommodation and re-standardization of alcoholist behaviors.

Abstract

An investigation carried out with alcoholist families aimed at identifying behaviors of maintenance, accommodation and re-standardization of the familiar functioning vis-a-vis the use of alcohol and proposing alternatives for re-standardization of the alcoholist behavior. We have worked with three families selected according to some preestablished criteria. It is an exploratory and qualitative study. The data have been collected during the domicile therapeutic care to the family group. The identification of nexus of maintenance, accommodation and re-standardization of alcoholist behaviors in the families have made possible the construction of proposals of re-standardization of the alcoholist family functioning, in the perspective of alcohol not being the catalyst of the family relations anymore.