Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic: Breaking the Cycle and Finding Hope

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Sarah Allen Benton

Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic

Breaking the Cycle and Finding Hope

Sarah Allen Benton

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
16 October 2010

Abnormal psychology; Medicine; Addiction & therapy; Coping with drug & alcohol abuse

When people think of the 'typical' alcoholic, images of the 'fallen-down' drunk come to mind. Most do not think of professional men and women with successful careers, vibrant families, and active social lives. However, high-functioning alcoholics exist in great numbers, are unseen, and suffer no less than their struggling, failing counterparts. They include corporate presidents, politicians, teachers, tradesmen, law enforcement officials, lawyers, physicians, and even stay at home parents, who are by most accounts successful. Even as they have created lives most people would envy, the realities of alcoholism eventually strike, and recovery is just as arduous for high-functioning alcoholics as it is for lower functioning alcoholics. Benton reveals the extent of the problem, the challenges in recognizing it, the warning signs, and the methods for addressing it. Through research and interviews with both addiction experts and sober high-functioning alcoholics, she illustrates how, when, and why they become addicted, as well as the reasons their alcoholism is so hard to admit, detect, cope with, and overcome. Weaving her own story of alcoholism and recovery into the text in the form of past journal entries and reflective pieces, Benton takes us first hand into the lives of high-functioning alcoholics.

By: Sarah Allen Benton
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 338g
ISBN: 9781442203907
ISBN 10: 1442203900
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 16 October 2010
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sarah Allen Benton is a licensed mental health counselor and therapist at McLean Hospital in the McLean Residence at the Brook transitional living program for substance abuse treatment in Waltham, Massachusetts. Additionally, she works in private practice in the Boston area and speaks on the topic of high-functioning alcoholics to a variety of audiences. Resources on this topic are available at www.highfunctioningalcoholic.com.

Reviews for Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic: Breaking the Cycle and Finding Hope

Sarah Benton's book Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic is a gift to both clinicians and clients alike. It is a thorough and insightful discussion of an often misunderstood and mistreated clinical group that frequently does not respond well to traditional psychotherapy, or psychopharmacology, or simply Twelve Step approaches. Sarah presents an integrated treatment approach in a highly personal and engaging way that truly bridges the gap between research, clinical work and moving personal experiences. Despite 35 years of working with this population of substance abusers, I was delighted to see how much I learned from Sarah's book. The highest compliment that I can pay her for this accomplishment is that I immediately thought of many clients and therapists that I could give it to.--David Treadway, Ph.D