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Book SynopsisAddiction Dilemmas Professor Orford is one of the most distinguished researchers of addictions today. In this book he aims to counter the neglect and misunderstanding faced by families affected by addiction an estimated one hundred million worldwide and to highlight the personal, professional and public policy dilemmas. By drawing on personal accounts from fiction, autobiography and Professor Orford and his colleagues' own international research programme, the voices of children, wives, grandparents and friends spring to life. The penetrating and sensitive commentary, and thought-provoking questions and exercises make this book invaluable for practitioners, researchers and family members. It demonstrates the many shared experiences of family members across continents and over time, whether alcohol, drug misuse or gambling is involved.
Judith Harwin, Professor of Social Work, Brunel University, UK
Addiction Dilemmas explores the impact of addiction on tho
Trade Review
“Although the book may lend itself best to a student leadership, its diversity and links to the addiction literature will make it of interest to a wide range of professionals, as well as all who have had any personal contact with addiction.” (The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1 May 2012)
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Sources and Acknowledgements xiii
1. We'll Be There for Him: A Family Responds to Relapse 1
2. Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill 9
3. Tough Love: A Television Studio Discussion 15
4. Wives of Gamblers 21
5. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 31
6. British SikhWives and Daughters Stand Up toMen's Drinking 38
7. Nil By Mouth: A Film by Gary Oldman 46
8. Worrying for Drinkers in Aboriginal Australia 52
9. A Prodigal Son: The Mother's Story 65
10. Parents of Problem Gamblers 75
11. The Tale of Caitlin Thomas 88
12. Dylan Thomas in America by John Malcolm Brinnin 103
13. An Imaginary Conversation:Wives in Mexico, England, South Korea and Italy 111
14. Father Figure by Beverley Nichols 124
15. Growing Up with My Mother by Virginia Ironside 131
16. Mrs Sara Coleridge and Friends 138
17. Five Husbands ofWives with Drinking Problems: A Focus Group 153
18. A Chancer by James Kelman 169
19. Growing Up with ParentsWho Drink Excessively: Four Stories 175
20. Baudelaire and His Mother in Chains 185
21. Fever Pitch by Richard Brooks 194
22. I Only Had the Baby'sWelfare at Heart: Concerned Grandmothers 199
Further Reading 207
Index 209
