Bøger af Janet Geringer Woititz

The bestselling author of Adult Children of Alcoholics provides compassionate, practical advice for adult children who are often overwhelmed by parenthood. Woititz discusses the impact a dysfunctional past has on current behavior and shows how to create an environment in which both parents and children feel safe, valued, and loved.

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.

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

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.

Ten years ago, Janet Woititz broke new ground in the understanding of the Adult Child of an alcoholic by listing the characteristics that ACoAs share. Here, in a new and expanded edition, the mother of the ACoA movement provides wisdom and information for all Adult Children of dysfunctional families.