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| It's Not Okay to Be a Cannibal: How to Keep Addiction from Eating Your Family Alive | 
 enlarge | Authors: Andrew T. Wainwright, Robert Poznanovich
Publisher: Hazelden
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Customer Ratings:  5 comments
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (pounds): 0.4
Dimensions (inch): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 1592853706
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.8914
EAN: 9781592853700
Publication Date: February 1, 2007
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 Exceptional October 31, 2007
This book helped my family with having a loved one in our family with addiction. Extremely informative and helpful with suggestions. Options were given that were not coming easily into the family that had been affected deeply. Thanks. Susan
Excellent for the Addicted and the Family Affected May 12, 2007
A must read for anyone dealing with addiction in their family. Gives you a much clearer perspective.
This is a must-read for EVERY parent April 17, 2007
5 out of 5 found this comment useful.
As a father of 5 children I want to encourage all parents with young children (and those who are still in the planning stage) to read this book. Yes, the book is all about addictions and actually says very little about parenting, per se. But here's what it DOES describe: the seamy underside of life no one wants to talk about until it's (sometimes) too late. I hope none of my children (and none of yours) ever has to go through addictions and withdrawal, but addictions are real. You'd have to live under a rock not to recognize it's a fact of life today.
But it doesn't have to be a fact of YOUR life. And that's the beauty part of this book. Although I'm certain the authors didn't set out to shock readers into recognizing the importance of being an involved parent, it does achieve this better than any other parenting book I've ever read.
In about 150 pages we parents get to see what happens when we overly coddle, forget to establish firm boundaries and lack the personal discipline to discipline. We are treated to the cold, hard outcome when parents replace tough love (the authors call it "clarity") with pacifism. Pacifistic parenting is the kind that says things like, "Here's some money son, go entertain yourself...I'm busy working making money to pay for the stuff we all `need.'" Eventually the kid gets the message and finds something to replace the relationship and structure they're supposed to get from their parents, putting them on a collision course for being a character in this book.
There is a price to pay (sooner or later) and this book gives graphic detail (even from the authors' own lives) of the hell we'll all pay if we continue failing to step up. And trust me; the cost of fixing things when children are young is far cheaper than the cost later on.
 A Must if You Have An Active Addict in Your Life March 16, 2007
2 out of 2 found this comment useful.
This book provided a whole lot of answers to questions I'd had about addiction and the best way to deal with an addict. I heartily recommend it to anyone seeking answers.
Parents Need What This Book Offers February 14, 2007
3 out of 3 found this comment useful.
I am the program chair for parentshelpingparents.info and one of my roles to review books on addictions and select one as our book of the quarter.
I have selected this book for the second quarter of 2007. It is one of the very best books I have read that communicates to families in a manner that is both direct, loving and honest. I felt like I was in my living room visiting with the author's face to face.
The information presented goes beyond education; it makes an ingenious transition which pierces the wall of denial, we as families, must conquer before progress for our loved one is possible.
Respectfully,
Pat Nichols
Program Chair
Parents Helping Parents, Inc.
Edmond, Ok
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