Waubonsee Community College

Another chance, hope and health for the alcoholic family, Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-320) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Another chance

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Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse

hope and health for the alcoholic family

For the millions of Americans who suffer in alcoholism-torn lives of loneliness, fear, shame, guilt, hurt, anger, and frustration, Another Chance offers invaluable insights and solid steps toward recovery. It shows what is happening with the alcoholic, within the alcoholic family, and within the world of professional treatment for chemical dependents, their co-dependents, and their adult children. The first edition won the prestigious Marty Mann Award, which honors outstanding contributions and achievements in alcoholism communications. Building on the success of that first edition, Wegscheider-Cruse has expanded this book to address issues of: adult children of alcoholics, the importance of spirituality in recovery, a powerful therapeutic experience called a Family Reconstruction, and co-dependent therapists and their need for treatment

Old myths, new insights -- The whole person model -- Anatomy of a family -- The addiction spiral -- The family disease -- The enabler -- The hero -- The scapegoat -- The lost child -- The mascot -- Intervention -- The continuum of care -- Primary care -- After-care -- Recovery unlimited -- AA as a treatment ally -- The whole counselor -- Adult children adn co-dependents -- Family reconstruction -- Professional denial and co-dependency treatment -- Spirituality -- Exercises for healthier families -- The whole person inventory