Getting Them Sober, Volume 2

Getting Them Sober, Volume 2

This volume of Drews' bestselling book series focuses on whole-family healing.<br /><br />CHAPTER TITLES IN THIS BOOK INCLUDE----<br /><br /> * Your children<br /> * Adult children of alcoholics<br /> * What if you are separated and your alcoholic says he'll get help?<br /> * What to expect from your spouse's sobriety<br /> * His 'good stuff' is as hooking as his 'bad stuff'<br /> * Carrying excited misery into your next relationship<br /> * Being good to yourself is your quickest and best therapy<br /> * How do I know if he's sincere this time about staying sober?<br /> * If it's good for you--- it's good for him<br /> * Verb-love versus noun-love<br /> * Nothing makes you feel crazier than sexual games<br /> * If your alcoholic spouse---or someone else---says you have a drinking and/or pill problem, too<br /> * Could you be hiding behind your religion?<br /> * Intervention: forcing the alcoholic to get sober<br /> * Trust your gut feeling in working with professionals<br /> * The alcoholic and the kids vs. "mean mommy"<br /> * Praying for people you justifiably resent<br /> * Dealing with irrational guilt<br /> * Saying alcoholism is a disease goes deeper than we think<br /> * You're not trapped<br /> * From rage to pity---a trap<br /> * Getting help<br /> * If you and the alcoholic are separated and you cannot stop being afraidor angry<br /> * Will counseling help a drinking alcoholic?<br /> * Vacillation is okay--- you're not crazy<br /> * 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<br /><br /><br />THE OTHER BOOKS IN THIS HIGHLY-LAUDED SERIES ARE-----<br /><br />**** "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'' )<br /><br />***"Getting Them Sober, volume 3'' (half the book details the 350 secondary diseases // disorders to alcoholism) <br /><br />***"Getting Them Sober, volume 4'' (important hidden issues to know about-----before and after separation/divorce------ where there is alcoholism involved) <br /><br />****"Getting Your Children Sober" (for parents of children aged 9 to 59 who have addiction problems) <br /><br />***** "Sex and the Sober Alcoholic-- a healing guide". (applies to relationships with both still-drinking and sober alcoholics)<br /><br /><br />ABOUT THE AUTHOR ----<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Her AOL-lauded website --- www.GettingThemSober.com ---- is chock-full of help for families of alcoholics and addicts.<br /><br />Toby Drews can be contacted at [email protected]