This volume of Drews' bestselling book series focuses on whole-family healing.
CHAPTER TITLES IN THIS BOOK INCLUDE----
* Your children * Adult children of alcoholics * What if you are separated and your alcoholic says he'll get help? * What to expect from your spouse's sobriety * His 'good stuff' is as hooking as his 'bad stuff' * Carrying excited misery into your next relationship * Being good to yourself is your quickest and best therapy * How do I know if he's sincere this time about staying sober? * If it's good for you--- it's good for him * Verb-love versus noun-love * Nothing makes you feel crazier than sexual games * If your alcoholic spouse---or someone else---says you have a drinking and/or pill problem, too * Could you be hiding behind your religion? * Intervention: forcing the alcoholic to get sober * Trust your gut feeling in working with professionals * The alcoholic and the kids vs. "mean mommy" * Praying for people you justifiably resent * Dealing with irrational guilt * Saying alcoholism is a disease goes deeper than we think * You're not trapped * From rage to pity---a trap * Getting help * If you and the alcoholic are separated and you cannot stop being afraidor angry * Will counseling help a drinking alcoholic? * Vacillation is okay--- you're not crazy * If you're re-married to your second alcoholic, or you're re-married the same one, or you're dating a man with a drinking problem
THE OTHER BOOKS IN THIS HIGHLY-LAUDED SERIES ARE-----
**** "Getting Them Sober, volume one" ( this million-selling book with hundreds of ideas for sobriety and recovery, is endorsed by 'dear Abby'; by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale; and by Melody Beattie (author of 'Codependent No More') ----- who said '' 'Getting Them Sober' is the BEST book for the family of the still-drinking alcoholic'' )
***"Getting Them Sober, volume 3'' (half the book details the 350 secondary diseases // disorders to alcoholism)
***"Getting Them Sober, volume 4'' (important hidden issues to know about-----before and after separation/divorce------ where there is alcoholism involved)
****"Getting Your Children Sober" (for parents of children aged 9 to 59 who have addiction problems)
***** "Sex and the Sober Alcoholic-- a healing guide". (applies to relationships with both still-drinking and sober alcoholics)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR ----
Toby Rice Drews trains counselors, writes, offers phone consultations to family members worldwide, and leads "Teletalks with Toby" ----- three-times-a-week telephone group sessions with family members.
Her AOL-lauded website --- www.GettingThemSober.com ---- is chock-full of help for families of alcoholics and addicts.