Abstract: What are the central family issues in alcoholism, and how can NLP [neuro-linguistic programming] be used to help deal with them in alcoholism treatment / these are the topics of this paper /// family issues / neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) in family treatment / presuppositions / communication and rapport skills / habit change / belief change (and identity) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved).