Linda Dahl

Loving Our Addicted Daughters Back to Life

A Guidebook for Parents

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Step-by-step guidelines present tools for recognizing substance abuse in young women; communicating with them and their care providers; dealing with relapse and long-term recovery; and managing parental shame, guilt, fear, anger, and loving detachment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Central Recovery Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 204g
• ISBN-13: 9781937612856
• ISBN-10: 1937612856
• Artikelnr.: 41622377

Autorenporträt

Linda Dahl is the author of a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and recipient of the Best Creative Writing for 2010 Award by Writers in the Sky. During her thirty-year writing career she has published six books and has been featured on numerous radio and print interviews, including NPR programs, the BBC, Canadian, German, French and Scandinavian broadcasts, Internet interviews, and blog tours, as well as dozens of book talks, signings, and workshops around the country at libraries, bookstores, arts groups, and college campuses. She writes about challenging personalities and difficult issues, reflecting her interests in the arts, addiction, and recovery.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: My Daughter, Myself: Kim and I
Chapter Two: Does Your Daughter Have an Addiction Problem?
Chapter Three: From Protecting Her Use to Helping Her Get Healthy
Chapter Four: Providing Her with Opportunities to Change
Chapter Five: Why Gender Matters in Substance Use Disorders
Chapter Six: Getting Her Effective Treatment
Chapter Seven: Gender-Specific Treatment: A Growing Trend
Chapter Eight: Special Considerations
Chapter Nine: Her Recovery Is a Dance, Not a Straight Line
Chapter Ten: Be There As You Can
Chapter Eleven: Just Say Yes: What's New and What You Can Do
Appendix: Resources
Suggested Reading