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Grandchildren of Alcoholics: Another Generation of Co-Dependency

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Ever wonder why your spouse can't handle criticism? Ever wonder why they are a perfectionist? I just sort of accidentally ran into a passage of this book somewhere on the net. Found it here and Whammo! Nail on the Head! I felt like I had found my personal bible/instruction manual for someone who was close to me.

The crazy thing about alcohol abuse in grandparents is that it doesn't get reported to their grandkids very often (90%). When it does get reported, its only because it was so bad that it couldn't be helped. More importantly, the new 'dysfunctions' that occur in the children of alcoholics begin a new family legacy that get handed down and modified over the years/generations.

This book provides insight on how alcoholism affects families down the road and shows what to look for. It can't cure you, but it provides some strategies for handling situations and new ways of thinking that will liberate you or your loved one from a life of victimization.

It is most helpful to read this book with Janet Woititz "Adult Children of Alcoholics". But you will not be disappointed. I think this book should be taught in public schools.

These books do not judge. In fact, they attempt to give credit to alcoholic parents and grandparents. They did the best they could or knew how to do.

If your family is unhappy in the least, these two books may change the way that you help lead them through the bad times. You can't always change other people. But you can understand them and you can change yourself and STOP the cycle.

Well worth the struggle to find this out of print paperback. It explains and supports the continuing effects of alcoholism and addiction through generations of families. It is only until and IF this generational cycle is recognized and broken that we will begin to see true healing of our tattered and torn family relationships.

My only prayer is that it be reprinted as quickly as possible. I am running out of places to buy this wonderful book.

I received this book in less than a week after ordering and began reading immediately. It has been very helpful and eye opening on the subject of the family disease of alcoholism/addiction and how it's damages start way back and not just when a person currently lives with an alcoholic. The family dysfunction can begin generations before. I recommend this book for anyone in a family with a history of past addiction.

The book, Grandchildren of Alcoholics, describes the generational effects of alcoholism very clearly.

It describes the feelings and attitudes that are present, without recovery, even when there is no alcohol abuse involved.