For further reading and help.
This is by no means an exhaustive list, but the following books, articles, and websites may be useful.
Al-Anon and Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, The Al-Anon Family Groups--Classic Edition, Virginia Beach, VA: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc, 2000.
Al-Anon and Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Alateen—Hope for Children of Alcoholics, Virginia Beach, VA: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc, 1973.
Al-Anon and Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Courage to Change: One Day at a Time in Al-Anon II, Virginia Beach, VA: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc, 1968, 1972, 1973.
Al-Anon and Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, One Day at a Time in Al-Anon, Virginia Beach, VA: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., 1968, 1972, 1973.
Al-Anon and Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Paths to Recovery—Al-Anon’s Steps, Traditions, and Concepts , Virginia Beach, VA: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc, 1997.
Black, Claudia, Phd. Straight Talk from Claudia Black: What Recovering Parents Should Tell Tehir Kids About Drugs and Alcohol. City Center, MN: Hazelden Publishing, 2003.
Brown, Stephanie, PhD.; Lewis, Virginia M., PhD, with Liotta, Andrew The Family Recovery Guide: A map for healthy growth, Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2000.
Conyers, Beverly, Addict In The Family: Stories of Loss, Hope, and Recovery, Center City, MN: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services, 2003.
Didion, Joan, The Year of Magical Thinking, New York: Knopf, 2005.
Johnson, Vernon, Intervention : How to Help Someone Who Doesn’t Want To Be Helped, Center City, MN: Hazelden Publishing, 1986.
Kellermann, Joseph L., A Guide for the Family of The Alcoholic, Center City, MN: Hazelden Publishing and Educational Services, 1996.
Ketcham, Katherine, and Asbury, William F., with Schulstad, Mel, and Ciaramicoli, Arthur P., Beyond the Influence: Understanding and Defeating Alcoholism, New York: Bantam Books, 2000.
Lynch, Thomas, “The Way We Are,” from Bodies in Motion and at Rest: On Metaphor and Mortality, New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 2001.
Milan, James Robert, and Ketcham, Katherine, Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities of Alcoholism, New York: Bantam Books, 1983.
Mnookin, Seth, “Harvard and Heroin,” Salon.com, Aug 27, 1999.
Mnookin, Seth, “The End of My World As I Knew It,” Slate.com, Dec 31, 2004.
Mnookin, Wendy, “My Son the Heroin Addict,” Salon.com, Aug 27, 1999.
Orenstein, Peggy, “Staying Clean,” New York Times Magazine, February 10, 2002.
Recovery of Chemical Dependent Families (booklet), Center City, MN: Hazelden / Johnson Institute, 1987.
Shannonhouse, Rebecca, Under the Influence: The Literature of Addiction. New York: Modern Library, 2003.
Schwebel, Robert, Saying No Is Not Enough: Helping Your Kids Make Wise Decisions about Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs, New York : Newmarket Press, 1989.
Sheff, Nic, Tweak, New York: Ginee Seo Books/Anatheum: 2007.
Singer, Mark, “The Misfit: How David Milch Got from NYPD Blue to Deadwood by Way of an Epistle of St. Paul,” The New Yorker, Feb 14 and 25, 2005.
Wallerstein, Judith S., Blakeslee, Sandra, What About the Kids: Raising Your Children Before, During, and After Divorce, New York: Hyperion, 2003.
Wallerstein, Judith S., Lewis, Julia M., Blakeslee, Sandra, The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: The 25 Year Landmark Study, New York: Hyperion, 2000.