Offers personal advice for the children of alcoholics and discusses the family relationships of alcoholics

It Will Never Happen to Me

Politics & Social Sciences

Black, Claudia

Social Sciences

Medical Administration Co

First published 20 years ago, It Will Never Happen to Me is the definitive book for adult children of alcoholics. With her reassuring and informative approach, Claudia Black identifies common issues faced by children who grew up in alcoholic families: shame, neglect, unreasonable role expectations, and abuse. Using narratives and profiles, she describes survival techniques characteristic of children raised in alcoholic families, including the unspoken rules of don't talk, don't trust, and don't feel. Dr. Black carefully guides readers in identifying self-defeating, destructive behaviors and finding a healthier, happier way to live.

It Will Never Happen to Me: Growing Up with Addiction as Youngsters, Adolescents, and Adults

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Addiction & Recovery

Central Recovery Press

InChanging Course--now fully revised and updated--Claudia Black extends a helping hand to anyone overcoming the complex trauma of growing up in an impaired family system. Don't talk. Don't trust. Don't feel. Being raised in a dysfunctional family system, whether unpredictable and chaotic or overly rigid and joyless, can set the course for chronic emotional pain in adulthood.Changing Course is a gentle, affirming guide to healing from childhood experiences of loss, abandonment, fear, and shame. Through carefully crafted questions, charts, exercises, and real-life stories of people impacted by various types of family impairment, Dr. Black skillfully presents an interactive process of healing from childhood wounds. You will learn four essential steps you can use to let go of old hurtful beliefs and behaviors and develop new skills for both redefining self and negotiating relationships.

Changing Course: Healing from Loss, Abandonment, and Fear

An expert on the familial effects of alcoholism, this sensitive book analyzes generational patterns of unhappiness. An illness of denial and secrecy, alcoholism affects children of alcoholics into their adulthood. Compelled in childhood not to speak, not to confide, and not to feel, these children can fall into the same illness as their parents. Offering not only understanding but also guidance towards recovery, this book helps break patterns of destruction. Experta en el tema de alcoholismo, la autora analiza en este libro sensitivo cadenas familiares de la infelicidad. Enfermedad de la negación y el secreto, el alcoholismo afecta a los hijos de los alcohólicos. Oprimidos por no hablar, no confiar, y no sentir, terminan por enfermarse. Este libro ofrece no sólo comprensión y esperanza de recuperación, sino una guía para lograrlo.

Eso no me sucederá: Hijos adultos de alcohólicos

Editorial Pax Mexico

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It Will Never Happen to Me

It Will Never Happen to Me: Growing Up with Addiction as Youngsters, Adolescents, and Adults

Changing Course: Healing from Loss, Abandonment, and Fear

Eso no me sucederá: Hijos adultos de alcohólicos