This book is intended for use by practitioners who wish to use group therapies when working with individuals addicted to drugs and alcohol. The book addresses two critical therapeutic issues in the treatment of addiction. First, the author places alcoholism within the disease paradigm and discusses the importance of requiring the alcoholic to maintain their sobriety. Second, the author presents a process for how alcoholics can attain sobriety and maintain the redecision to not drink. The information in this book is presented in 15 chapters: 1) An Introduction to Group Psychotherapy and Addiction; 2) Different Models of Group Psychotherapy; 3) Preparing the Chemically Dependent Person for Group; 4) Interactional Group Psychotherapy; 5) Modifications of Yalom's Interactional Model; 6) Psychodynamic Theory; 7) Group Psychotherapy, AA, and Twelve-Step Programs; 8) Diagnosis and Addiction Treatment; 9) Early Stage Treatment Issues; 10) Middle Stage Treatment Issues; 11) Late Stage Treatment Issues; 12) Characteristics of the Leader; 13) Transference in Groups; 14) Resistance in Group; and 15) The Curative Process in Group Therapy. References and index