Influence of the 12-steps process on rehabilitation and recovery of alcoholics at Asumbi AA center of Kenya

Abstract

The present study investigated the influence of the 12-steps process on rehabilitation and recovery of alcoholics at Asumbi AA center of Kenya. This study adopted the ex- post- facto design. The target population was 70 alcoholics admitted at Asumbi AA Centre, three administrative staffs, the manager and the six counselors at Asumbi Alcoholic Anonymous Centre. In order to determine the sample size of the alcoholics to be drawn from the 70 clients enrolled at Asumbi AA Centre, the study used Krejcie and Morgan (1970) table of determining sample size from a given population. For a population of seventy (70) according to the table we got a sample size of 59 clients. The instrument included an observation check list with five (5) items used to assess the availability of the facilities and the general structure of the institution. Two sets of questionnaires, one for the rehabilitation staffs with twenty (20) items and another set comprising nineteen (19) items to the sampled alcoholics to collect information on the efficacy of alcoholics in Asumbi AA Centre. To ensure content and face validity, the researcher piloted the instrument with 15 alcoholics, the manager and three counselors at the RAM Alcoholic Anonymous Centre. The study found out that, following the 12- step process by the client’s significantly enhanced rehabilitation and recovery of alcoholics at the AA centers. The study recommended that, Counselors at the AA centers should be employed by the government to avoid compromising the quality of their training and poor remunerations.