It Will Never Happen to Me! Growing up with Addiction as Youngsters, Adolescents, Adults

by BLACK, CLAUDIA

• ISBN13: 9780345345943
• ISBN10: 0345345940
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1987-09-12
• Publisher: Ballantine Books

Summary

This "little green book," as it has come to be known to hundreds of thousands of C.O.A.'s and A.C.O.A.'s, is meant to help the reader understand the roles children in alcoholic families adopt, the problems they face in adulthood as a result, and what they can do to break the pattern of destruction.

Author Biography

Claudia Black, Ph.D., is a renowned addiction author, speaker, and trainer internationally recognized for work with family systems and addictive disorders. Dr. Black designs and presents training workshops and seminars to professional audiences in the field of family service, mental health, addiction and correctional services as well as speaking in public forums about addiction and recovery. She speaks to thousands of people every year.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Vignettes	p. 1
Roles	p. 4
Don't Talk, Don't Trust, Don't Feel	p. 24
The Progression of The Roles	p. 49
The Child Within The Home	p. 65
The Adult Child	p. 110
Family Violence	p. 146
Resources	p. 168
Epilogue	p. 193
Appendixes	p. 197
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