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Examines behaviors typical of those who grew up with alcoholism, and offers advice on dealing with stress. This handbook for and about the adult children of alcoholics helps them recognize and change unhealthy behaviors learned early in life.

The struggle for intimacy is part of a life-long process for those who have grown up with alcoholism or dysfunction in the home. To be intimate, to be close, to be vulnerable, contradicts all the survival skills learned by Children of Alcoholics.

Advises adult children of alcoholics how to stand up for themselves, avoid second guessing their decisions, overcome feelings of worthlessness, and control their temper.

In the 1980's, Janet Woititz broke new ground in our understanding of what it is to be an Adult Child of an Alcoholic. In this updated edition of her bestseller she re-examines the movement and its inclusion of Adult Children from various dysfunctional family backgrounds who share the same characteristics. After decades of working with ACoAs she shares the recovery hints that she has found to work. Read Adult Children of Alcoholics to see where the journey began and for ideas on where to go from here.