Sociological Imagination in Changing the Treatment Recovery through Involvement of the Family

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Sociological Imagination in Changing the Treatment Recovery through Involvement of the
Family
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SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION 2
Sociological Imagination in Changing the Treatment Recovery through Involvement of the
Family
Drug addiction, especially alcohol addiction, is one of the most painful social issues
facing the world today, and reversing the addiction and rehabilitating the affecting has proven
quite a challenge. As a counsellor, I have experienced the pain first-hand from both the people
suffering from alcoholism and the affected families. Sociological imagination is the most
effective critical analytical tool in effecting the change in the process in the treatment recovery
with the inclusion of the family members a main ingredient in the process.
Sociological imagination is a perspective in which the individual and his or her behaviour
are placed in a social context. Any problems that an individual faces have roots in the wider
society and solutions to them can only be faced through the analysis and involvement of the
members of the society. The social context serves as the root cause and social factors are
involved in its perpetuation. Focusing on the individual without involving the society, especially
the family, will most likely fail, and at best be a long and involved process (Carroll, Ford, &
Taylor, 2015). Drug abuse might result from issues in the wider society including peer pressure
or economic pressures. The onset of drugs and alcohol use mainly starts through social
interactions within a subculture having values and norms. Treatment of these addictions can,
therefore, be successfully treated through holistic approaches in which the social context is
addressed. The family forms the basic social context for an individual and their involvement in
the treatment and recovery of the person facing challenges of alcoholism makes the process
much easier, and the person is less likely to relapse. The same double loop models of learning
that are applied in education and leadership can be supportive in replacing old thoughts with new
models in alcohol treatment (Cartwright, 2002). Some of the current means of rehabilitating the