Product Description
In a well-written, powerful narrative, Conyers shows family members at their worst before showing how they found hope and recovery. Always engaging and healing, each heart-wrenching story is true to the experience of anyone who has admitted to a spiritual powerlessness and inability to cure their own family's addiction. Conyers skillfully, compassionately, and intelligently distills key recovery points that offer invaluable lessons on loving, detachment, intervention, self-care, self-help groups, community support, addiction and recovery, neurobiology, and family dynamics. For someone who has an addicted family member or loved one and seeks to better understand addiction in families, this is the book to read. Through compelling testimonials, along with the latest research and information on addiction and recovery, Conyers combines a personal and compassionate voice with one of authority. Conyers takes a step even further revealing her own daughter's addiction and how she learned to lovingly detach herself and become more helpful. For anyone who has ever worried about a parent, spouse, child, relative or friend's use of alcohol or drugs, this book will help. No doubt, they'll read their own story in these pages and find hope and recovery. Appendices: Symptoms and Effects of Major Addictive Substances (identifies major drugs and their effects on the brain and body, and symptoms and signs of use); Words of Wisdom; Resources; Recommended Reading.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 21 reviews)

Direct, Accurate and Hard to Ignore by jma (downers grove, IL USA)

5 Stars
November 09, 2009
Direct,informative, must read for anyone who knows an addict. Education is so important when trying to cope and understand the behavior associated with addiction. You will no longer be able to deny the problem after reading this book.

Very helpful education book by David Genest (Boston, MA USA)

5 Stars
October 28, 2009
I very recently discovered about my adult son's alcohol and prescription drug addiction. This book helped immensely in dealing with what this means, what to expect, and the little that I can do to improve his disease (as well as the many things I could easily and ignorantly do to worsen it).

EXCELLENT, well written, truly helpful and enlightening by Susan Blackston (California)

5 Stars
October 04, 2009
I purchased several books on this subject and, BY FAR, THIS WAS THE BEST. In a clear, concise manner, it provides the reader with a comprehensive understanding of common behaviors and helpful guidance on moving toward recovery. Not a wasted word in the book. Many good references throughout. [...].

Excellent Book by D. McGee (Mississippi)

5 Stars
July 30, 2009
This is a must read for anyone who has ever lived with an addict in their family. Al-Anon should adopt this book as standard reading material for the Al-Anon family group.

Full of Hope, Sensible Concepts, and Helpful Tools by J. Clark

5 Stars
July 25, 2009
Reading this book made me feel stronger as I am facing a loved one's chemical and emotional problems. There are many important concepts in the book to help people with the pain, sadness, and frustration that go along with having addicted family or friends. It is well written and well researched. The author is fair and compassionate to people who are addicts and to their families. I will keep this book handy throughout my journey and will share it with others who might benefit from it.

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