Parents Who Help Their Children Overcome Drugs - Softcover

Becnel, Barbara Cottman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0896382184 ISBN 13: 9780896382183

Publisher: Compcare Pubns, 1990

Synopsis

Offers steps to help parents through the family process of recovery, includes breaking through denial and learning what it means to be a codependent parent

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Developing her approach to substance-abusing children, the author, a specialist in youth affairs for Los Angeles County, asserts that "recovery is the result of gradual but persistent attempts to change." The voices of parents, the troubled child, siblings and therapists are heard in case histories that represent a cross-section of families throughout the United States. More than a professional observer and reporter, Becnel contributes personal insights stemming from her own co-dependency relationships, first with her sister, a former cocaine addict, and then her son. Negatively enabling behavior is examined with compassion, an understanding of human frailty and an emphasis on the strength that parents and families have within themselves. A helpful state-by-state survey of treatment programs and support groups is appended.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Compcare Pubns
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0896382184
• ISBN 13: 9780896382183
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212