Related Reading Suggestions for “Chemical Dependency and the Family ”

Facts used in the slides were obtained from the following sources:
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.
"You Can Help: A Guide for Caring Adults Working with Young People Experiencing Chemical
Dependency in the Family" (PHD878, (SMA) 01-3544) Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing
Office. http://store.samhsa.gov/product/PHD878.
- University of Pennsylvania Health System: http://www.uphs.upenn.edu.

MOVIE SUGGESTION: "Rachel Getting Married" (2008) - one of the best recent movies on the effect on
a family of one member’s addiction one of the best recent movies on the effect on a family of one
member's addiction

READING SUGGESTIONS:

“Addicted to Misery: The Other Side of Codependency” by Robert A. Becker, Ph.D.

“Adult Children of Alcoholics” by Janet Geringer Woititz

“Codependence: Misunderstood – Mistreated” by Anne Wilson Schaef

“Codependent No More” by Melody Beattie

“Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes From, How It Sabotages Our Lives” by Pia Mellody

“Healing The Child Within” by C.L. Whitfield

“It Will Never Happen To Me” by Claudia Black

“Lost In The Shuffle: The Co-dependent Reality” by Robert Subby

“Stage II Recovery: Life Beyond Addiction” by Ernie Larsen

“The Angry Book” by Theodore Rubin

“The Cinderella Complex: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence” by Colette Dowling

“The Family” by John Bradshaw

“The Road Less Traveled” by M. Scott Peck, M.D.

“Women Who Love Too Much” by Robin Norwood