An addiction recovery expert looks at how children of alcoholics must learn to deal with their own addictions, and offers case histories

Double Duty: Help for the Adult Child

Politics & Social Sciences

Black, Claudia

Social Sciences

Ballantine Books

Claudia Black, PhD,&nbsp;is a renowned addiction author, speaker, and trainer internationally recognized for work with family systems and addictive disorders. Dr. Black designs and presents training workshops and seminars to professional audiences in the field of family service, mental health, addiction, and correctional services, as well as speaking in public forums about addiction and recovery. She speaks to thousands of people every year.

Double Duty

Self-Help

A look at the conditions and circumstances that could halt the recovery progress of an Adult Child of an Alcoholic focuses on the chemically dependent Adult Child, presenting five life stories of struggle and success. Reprint.

Double Duty: Chemically Dependent

The author of It Will Never Happen to Me! presents five life stories of recovering people, as well as her own personal story, who grew up gay or lesbian in an alcoholic home and offers information on how they found happiness. Original.

Double Duty: Gay-Lesbian

In her continuing work with ACOAs, Dr. Claudia Black saw some people hit a baffling "wall" in their recovery. She began to realize that certain conditions and circumstances could halt an individual's progress if left unidentified. These "Double Duty and Dual Identity" issues are the itensified life experiences of ACOAs who have had to contend not only with family alcoholism or dysfunction, but who have an additional dynamic that has profoundly affected their lives and their recovery. Having been sexually abused is just such a double duty issue.Children living in alcoholic homes are less able to defend themselves against sexual abuse than non-COAs: they have more to fear about trusting their own perceptions, and more confusion about appropriate boundaries. Their sense of powerlessness over the chaos in their homes becomes total powerlessness over their own bodies. The abandonment, betrayal, and shame they experience can result in depression, panic attacks, phobias, and addiction to alcohol, drugs, or food.This helpful volume, which has been adapted from the longer work DOUBLE DUTY, is designed for the Adult Child who was sexually abused. You will find three life stories of recovering people, as well as Claudia Black's inspiring commentary, and her groundbreaking work on how focusing on your own individual history can help you break through the "wall" to the happiness on the other side.

Double Duty: Sexually Abused

Offers personal advice for the children of alcoholics and discusses the family relationships of alcoholics

It Will Never Happen to Me

Medical Administration Co

Double Duty: Gay Lesbian

Mac Pub

Chemical dependency and incest often coexist in the same family.Incest is an overwhelming, damaging, and humiliating assault on a child's mind, soul and body. It is a major act of betrayal, for not only is the body violated, but the child's trust and love are violated as well. When sexual abuse takes place in an already dysfunctional alcoholic family the likelihood of the of the abuse continuing is greater, which compounds the damage.Dr. Claudia Black is an acknowledged pioneer in this field of family therapy. Her work included the million-seller book, "It Will Never Happen To Me" which has become the guide for children of alcoholics(COA) and adult children of alcoholics (ACOA's). A skillful therapist, Dr. Black is also a true teacher; she educated many thousands through her lectures and films.

Double Duty: Sexual Abuse

Double Duty, Dual Identity: Raised in an Alcoholic/Dysfunctional Family and Food Addicted

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Double Duty: Help for the Adult Child

Double Duty

Double Duty: Chemically Dependent

Double Duty: Gay-Lesbian

Double Duty: Sexually Abused

It Will Never Happen to Me

Double Duty: Gay Lesbian

Double Duty: Sexual Abuse

Double Duty, Dual Identity: Raised in an Alcoholic/Dysfunctional Family and Food Addicted

Double Duty: Chemically Dependent