It's Not About You, Except When It Is: A Field Manual For Parents of Addicted Children
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (935 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1936290944 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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-- Starred Review, Library Journal, 12/15/2012. Barbara Victoria has lived with the addictions of an adult child and has come out intact with an abundance of aid for other parents in similar positions. She helps readers dispense with good intentions, assumptions, and platitudes that no longer work, then guides them in dealing with the current situation in a manner that enables growth and health for both parent and child. Help for parents who are going through this particular hell is finally here in the form of this riveting book
Kindle Customer said comforting, compassionate, and honest. If you don't know where to turn or how to cope and you feel that any move you make will only make things worse somehow for your child (and you) dealing with addiction, read this book. Reading it feels a little like talking with a friend over coffee to whom you can say a. "It's Not About You, except when it is" according to Happy in Nebraska. I first read this book, borrowed from public library and realized I need my own copy. I have been struggling with addiction of family members for most of my life, with varying degrees of success. At this point, this book is one of the best self help books I have encount. Wonderful tool Christian reader Words fail me to say just how helpful this book has been and is being in continuing to cope with all the feelings that come with loving an addicted adult child. The principles talked about in it would be helpful not only to parents but to anyone who cares about a person
Based on the author's own experience as a parent with an addicted child, she provides straight-talking self-preservation tools and techniques for parents of addicts in and out of recovery. An essential book to help parents navigate this confusing and uncharted landscape—in the author's words, "Planet Paradox."Barbara Victoria is a parent who struggled with her own child's addiction. She has been active in Al-Anon for many years.