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Another Chance: Hope and Health for the Alcoholic Family

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This book represents a solid foundation for understanding the hope underlying the health and recovery for the alcoholic family.

Virginia Satir, a teacher of Sharon Wegscheider Cruse, and her contributions to family therapy are applied to understanding the roles within the family, the dysfunctional process, and the role of the counselor in assisting the re-emergence of hope.

Alcoholism is understood as a family disease that creates heroes, scapegoats, lost children, and mascots as a means of survival. The positive impact of intervention on each of the family members describes how both dependents and individuals fare in living with feelings, and the forgiveness that occurs with the recovery of the whole person.

This book made a difference in my understanding of treatment and recovery.

I first read this book in 1991 for a substance abuse counseling class. It does a great job of looking at alcoholism from a family systems perspective. The text even discusses issues such as codependent/enabling counselors within the profession.

Beyond it's professional usage is the fact that from the moment I started reading the book, I felt like I was reading about my own family. Finally, someone had put words to every stupid, miserable, confused feeling I had in the family I grew up in. Yes, it is a great intro text if you're planning on becoming a substance abuse counselor. But it's an even better text if you suspect that things in your family of origin weren't so normal after all. This was the book that got me started on my journey towards recovery from codependency. Since family system problems tend find their way into non alcolic families as well, this text is applicable to all kinds of people that may have found themselves growing up in the proverbial "dysfunctional family"

This book shares how alcoholism is a disease that penetrates the whole person and the whole family. Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse goes through the different roles that people act out in an alcholic family and how each breaks down unity and supports the addictive behavior of the alcoholic. Then, she gives practical ways this system can begin to heal and recover such trauma to the soul. Samuel Oliver, author of, What the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living

This book represents a solid foundation for understanding the hope underlying the health and recovery of the alcoholic family. Virginia Satir, a teacher of Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse, and her contributions to family therapy are applied to understanding the roles within the family, the dysfunctional process, and the role of the counselor in assisting the re-emergence of hope.

Alcoholism is understood as a family disease that creates heroes, scapegoats, lost children, and mascots as a means of survival. The positive impact of intervention on each of the family members describes how both dependents and individuals fare in living with feelings, and the forgiveness that occurs with the recovery of the whole person.

This book made a difference in my understanding of treatment and recovery.

This is one of the author's early, classic books. Families of alcoholics need this---and need so much information to help them deal with the craziness of living with alcoholism. I recommend this book, and "Under the Influence" by James Milam (his book so well explains the entire physiological disease of alcoholism) Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities of Alcoholism . These are but two of the books that make up the still-too-little information for the tens of millions of families of alcoholics that need urgent help.

As a therapist in private practice, this book has been priceless to me and my clients. This book broke new ground years ago and it is all still highly relevant . One of the best books around for helping people understand family dynamics.

I was very happy to receive this book fast and in brand new condition. It was new and packaged very well. I would definitely repurchase from this seller when necessary. Thank you. They made it very easy for a grad student to get their books when needed. It took some stress off of me. The book is very important to me now.

I am reading this book right now and find it to be very educational with reference to the alcoholic family.

this is a wonderful book that has opened my eyes to the dynamics of a family with an alcoholic member. Another Chance goes through all the "characters" in the family, from the dependent and enabler to the hero, scapegoat and the lost child. this book helps you to see the family as a whole and also see the affected members as individuals. i would recommend this book, no question.

Very helpful for families of alcoholics, who are often ignored in the recovery equation. This is not a recently written book, but I feel its completely applicable today. Alcoholics going it alone will not have as good a chance of maintaining sobriety without their family's involvement and understanding. Without the family getting involved, the family may cease to exist.