Description
Book SynopsisAddiction Dilemmas explores the impact of addiction on those closest to the individuals affected and their families. Drawing on a wide range of sources, the book discusses the stresses and strains that family members are subjected to, the dilemmas that they face, and the coping strategies that they have found useful.
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
