Another Chance: Hope and Health for the Alcoholic Family

Tags: dysfunctional family, adult children, compulsive behavior

Published in 1989 (updated edition), this book is still highly relevant and quite easy to read. Little changes happen in alcoholic family system dynamics. Reviewers write that "Another Chance" is helps a person to see the dynamics of any dysfunctional family, controlling, rigid, etc. It also can help a reader to understand his own role in what was going on.

Alcoholic family roles are discussed showing the picture as a whole and individual contribultions. If you were raised in an abusive family or want to understand more about those who "survived" living with an alcoholic family member or other disfunctional family system, don't skip this chance