Adult Children Of Substance Abusers category: 65 books
Recovery the Native Way
A Client Reader
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
This book is written in the belief that many Native substance abusers suffer because their cultural heritage is being swept away or because they have lost contact with it. While Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous provide wonderful leadership to millions of people, they do not deal with the...
Unwelcome Inheritance
Break Your Family's Cycle of Addictive Behaviors
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Parents affected by addiction can enable their children’s substance abuse and even model addictive behaviors learned from their own parents, passing the cycle on from generation to generation. Learn what you can do to help yourself, your children, and future generations break the cycle of addiction...
After the Tears
Helping Adult Children of Alcoholics Heal Their Childhood Trauma
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2010
Adult children of alcoholics have learned how to "survive," but often have difficulty "living" their lives. The trauma and grief of childhood losses affect every aspect of the life of an adult child of an alcoholic (ACoA). Now the authors of the bestselling After the Tears offer further insight into...
by Alan Garner, MA, Dr. Janet G. Woititz
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Adult Children of Alcoholics -- a wonderful book that affirms and encourages AcoAs by developing skills for living.
Imagine how good you would feel if
· You could stand up for yourself without losing your temper
· You could make a decision...
Tales of Addiction and Inspiration for Recovery
Twenty True Stories from the Soul
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Whether addicted or not, we all have stories to tell
The stories of tragedy and redemption found within Tales of Addiction are not about the well known celebrities you find in the usual tabloids. Rather, these stories are true-grit tales told by people you will never meet but whose words will haunt...
Rewriting Life Scripts
Transformational Recovery for Families of Addicts
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Finally a treatment approach that embraces the whole family!
In one sense, alcoholics and drug addicts are the fortunate ones. They have to learn a new way to live or risk death, incarceration, and loss of everything they hold dear.
But what about the other members of their family? Because...
Days of Healing, Days of Joy
Daily Meditations for Adult Children
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2010
Children of alcoholic or addicted parents may be stripped of hope, courage, and self-esteem. The dysfunctional family is fueled by shame and chaos, stunting children’s relationships and self-acceptance. Adult children of alcoholics and addicts need encouragement to overcome these childhood deprivations....
by Roland Petit
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOAs) all experienced traumatic childhoods. As a result, they suffer crippling self-esteem difficulties, troubled relationships, loneliness and a multitude of other problems as adults. ACOAs often are unaware of their feelings, don’t get their needs met, react inappropriately,...
The Complete ACOA Sourcebook
Adult Children of Alcoholics at Home, at Work and in Love
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
When they were first released in the 1980s, Janet Woititz's groundbreaking works, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Struggle for Intimacy and The Self-Sabotage Syndrome, provided a new message of hope to adult children who had grown up in the shadow of alcoholic parents. Their message today is as profound...
Growing Up Again
Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2009
Growing Up Again offers guidance on providing children with the structure and nurturing that are so critical to their healthy development -- and to our own.
As time-tested as it is timely, the expert advice in Growing Up Again Second Edition has helped thousands of readers improve on their...
101 Tips for Recovering from Addictions
Practical Suggestions for Creating a New Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
101 Tips for Recovering from Addictions can help transform the life of any recovering addict from bleak to bright. These practical suggestions give hope, from seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, to realizing this light holds a promising future to reclaim. Readers will learn:
How to keep...
Carefrontation
Breaking Free From Childhood Trauma
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
With more than thirty years of experience, Dr. Arlene Drake writes a guide for those desperately in need of a way to break free from the pain of childhood abuse and reclaim their lives.
When confronted with an abused child, our first impulse is to drop everything and provide comfort, get him...
Self-Sabotage Syndrome
Adult Children in the Workplace
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Adult Children are among any company's most productive and valuable employees—dedicated, conscientious, capable and eager to please. But if you are an Adult Child and have answered yes to most of the following questions,you may be suffering from workaholism, burn-out or other work-related problems....
by M. D. Bey, R. N. Bey
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2007
The child of an alcoholic develops patterns of behavior during childhood which carry over into adult life. As children they were taught to cover up the family secret and suppress their feelings. No matter what is going on, as adults, when asked how she or he is doing your partner will likely answer...