Wha Al Anon Character Analysis

Progression of Nic’s Substance Use While reading the book, I noticed that Nic and his family were living a hectic life. When he first gets back home from school after evidently not using any drugs while he was away, he is perfectly fine. Nic is associating with his family, he appears to be cheerful and all around involved. He plays with his siblings and even connects with family companions. Nic makes it seem as though he is truly attempting to on the road to recovery and begins to ask to use the car to go to AA gatherings and to meet with his new sponsor. During that time his parents were unaware that he was not attending the AA meetings nor was he seeing his sponsor.
Nic’s attitude started to change within a couple of days, he used to be a happy person but he became grumpy. Nic went past the curfew his parents set for him and when they confronted him about his whereabouts he would lie to them about …show more content…
It is believed that addiction does not only affect one person, it affects everyone who has a connection with the person has the addiction, that is why al-anon looks at how the addiction relates to the whole family. Both the craft approach and al-anon recognize that addiction involves both the abuser and their loved one. I believed that the craft approach would best fit Nic and his family for their situation rather than al-anon. In my opinion, al-anon is better for families to attend because it has more of an impact once the substance user is on the road to recovery. Nic’s loved ones are really determined to encourage him to stop using. When Nic’s loved ones suspected of him using drugs when he came back from school they immediately cease the car from him, confronted him, and questioned him, and they even tried to discipline him. Nic did not want to take into consideration what his parents had to