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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 362 EAN: 9780910034975 ISBN: 0910034974 Label: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Manufacturer: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 301 Publication Date: 1994-09 Publisher: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Studio: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc. Related Items:
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 Rating:  - a book for women onlythis book is for women only - and does nothing to address the needs of men who grew up in violent alcoholic families. It even uses the words "SHE" and "HER" when descibing the victim or person seeking recovery. Rating:  - In these stories, I found my ownWhile it's an important part of recovery to study the steps, to learn about the disease of alcoholism, and to be able to follow the directions and suggestions in books, what really helps me are the stories of people who have been there and experienced that. That's what I relate to. This is a book full of stories of people who have grown up in an alcoholic home. At times reading it was like listening to my brother or sister's experience - it hits that close to home. But eventually, I ... Read More Rating: - ACoA'ers who attend Al-AnonThis books takes an accurate and 'in depth' look at what it's like to grow up in an alcoholic/dysfunctional family. It gives a very good description of the feelings and characterisics of Adult Children of Alcoholics. I could identify with many of the stories. This book gave me hope. If you're like me, there aren't many active ACoA meetings in your area. I attended Al-anon because it was more active in my area, and I definitely needed some type of support group that focused on addiction, but ... Read More Rating: - we work it out or we live it outthis was a wonderful book,it was so painful to read ,but so real,with out these stories that validated my own pain of growing up in my own family...where i felt so alone and abandoned and so out of control, this book helped me see that if i didnt work this stuff out in my own life that i would live it out and recreate the same scene in my own life..out of my aloneness and abandonment issues i would put this on other people and have the same expectations of them as i did of my family of original and ... Read More Rating: - The book of my life & my familyIf you, as a child, young adult or parent, have experienced the challenges of an alcoholic or drug addictive home this is a MUST READ. I gained insight into the behavior patterns and character defects that were created by my family life. The stories shared are touching and inspiring. 
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