TREATING JEALOUSY AS A SYSTEM DYNAMIC IN RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC FAMILIES - AN APPLICATION OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK MODEL OF RECOVERY

Jealousy often interferes with the recovery process for alcoholic fami lies. Recovery for such families requires that external boundaries shi ft from rigid and closed to open and more permeable. Jealousy often er upts as families struggle with shifting boundaries. When jealousy is r ecognized as a system dynamic, necessary to the process of recovery, i t is manageable. The key to the treatment of jealousy in recovering fa milies is recognizing the crucial role of boundaries in both the devel opment and recovery processes.