Addiction Dilemmas : Family Experiences From Literature and Research and Their Lessons for Practice

Addiction 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. Draws On A Unique Breadth Of Material To Illustrate The Dilemmas Faced By Family Members In Coping With A Close Relative's Addiction: Raises Questions And Points To Controversies Rather Than Dispensing Prescriptive One Size Fits All Advice: Brings Together Accounts From Research Interviews, Biography, Autobiography And Relevant Fiction In A Creative And Original Way, And Tackles Common Misunderstandings At Public, Practitioner, Scholarly And Policy Levels About The Predicaments That Family Members Commonly Find Themselves In. Each Chapter Closes With A Commentary, Questions And Exercises Designed To Further Develop Understanding For Professionals And Students --publisher. We'll Be There For Him : A Family Responds To Relapse -- Long Day's Journey Into Night By Eugene O'neill -- Tough Love : A Television Studio Discussion -- Wives Of Gamblers -- The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall By Anne Bront -- British Sikh Wives And Daughters Stand Up To Men's Drinking -- Nil By Mouth : A Film By Gary Oldman -- Worrying For Drinkers In Aboriginal Australia -- A Prodigal Son : The Mother's Story -- Parents Of Problem Gamblers -- The Tale Of Caitlin Thomas -- Dylan Thomas In America By John Malcolm Brinnin -- An Imaginary Conversation : Wives In Mexico, England, South Korea And Italy -- Father Figure By Beverley Nichols -- Growing Up With My Mother By Virginia Ironside -- Mrs Sara Coleridge And Friends -- Five Husbands Of Wives With Drinking Problems : A Focus Group -- A Chancer By James Kelman -- Growing Up With Parents Who Drink Excessively : Four Stories -- Baudelaire And His Mother In Chains -- Fever Pitch By Richard Brooks -- I Only Had The Baby's Welfare At Heart : Concerned Grandmothers. Jim Orford. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Addiction 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 those closest to the individuals affected – their families. Many barriers can stand in the way of family members receiving help, not least a lack of available services and a failure on the part of professionals and their organisations to fully ­appreciate the nature of the dilemmas which they face. This book is based on a combination of personal interviews from scientific research, accounts from biography and autobiography (featuring well-known names both past and present) and excerpts from well-informed works of literature. The book's core theme is the stress faced by family members when a close relative has an addiction problem, and the struggles they experience in deciding how to cope. By tracing the same dilemmas through a range of contexts, Jim Orford offers unique insights to professionals who deal with people with addictions and their families, researchers, policy makers and ultimately family members themselves. Sources include The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë, A Chancer by James Kelman, Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill, and biographies of close relatives of Dylan Thomas and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Addiction 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 those closest to the individuals affected their families. Many barriers can stand in the way of family members receiving help, not least a lack of available services and a failure on the part of professionals and their organisations to fully appreciate the nature of the dilemmas which they face. This book is based on a combination of personal interviews from scientific research, accounts from biography and autobiography (featuring well-known names both past and present) and excerpts from well-informed works of literature. The books core theme is the stress faced by family members when a close relative has an addiction problem, and the struggles they experience in deciding how to cope. By tracing the same dilemmas through a range of contexts, Jim Orford offers unique insights to professionals who deal with people with addictions and their families, researchers, policy makers and ultimately family members themselves. Sources include The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bront, A Chancer by James Kelman, Long Days Journey into Night by Eugene ONeill, and biographies of close relatives of Dylan Thomas and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. __Addiction 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.* Draws on a unique breadth of material to illustrate the dilemmas faced by family members in coping with a close relative's addiction * Raises questions and points to controversies rather than dispensing prescriptive "one size fits all" advice * Brings together accounts from research interviews, biography, autobiography and relevant fiction in a creative and original way * Tackles common misunderstandings at public, practitioner, scholarly and policy levels about the predicaments that family members commonly find themselves in * Each chapter closes with a commentary, questions and exercises designed to further develop understanding for professionals and students