{"product_id":"9780910223003","title":"It Will Never Happen to Me: Growing Up with Addiction as Youngsters, Adolescents, Adults","description":"While hundreds of thousands of people are in recovery from chemical  dependency, co-dependency, and adult child issues, our communities continue  to be impacted by addiction. Heroin, cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, and  marijuana use is rampant throughout our communities. But historically, the  number one abused drug is alcohol.    \u003cp\u003eToday, compared to the time of the writing of the first edition of It Will  Never Happen To Me, we seldom refer to someone as alcoholic, and recognize  that if people are addicted they are often addicted to more than one  substance. We use phrases like \"chemically dependent\" or \"addict\" to  recognize that irrespective of one's predominant substance addiction, they  need to refrain from the use of alcohol and other drugs. This has occurred  for two reasons. The first being it was recognized that many alcoholics were  actively addicted to at least one other substance. Secondly, that even if  they did not show signs of a second addiction, they needed to refrain from  the use of other substances because those other substances would often lead  them to relapse in their alcoholism or to engage in a second addiction. For  these reasons, the words alcoholic, addict and chemically dependent will be  used interchangeably throughout this book.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It will never happen to me\" is spoken by all who have been raised in a  family where one or both parents have a problem with addiction. In addictive  families most children move through adolescence appearing to survive the  problems and hardships of life. They abide by the laws - Don't Talk, Don't  Trust, Don't Feel. The survival techniques practiced as children contribute  to a variety of problems in adulthood among them depression, inability to  maintain intimate relationships, marrying an addict, or becoming addicted.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeeping the heart and soul of the original It Will Never Happen to Me, this  revised and updated version moves the reader from alcoholism to addiction  and addictive disorders, and expands upon:\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Family rules - Don't Talk, Don't Trust, Don't Feel  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Family roles - Responsible Child, Placater, Adjuster, Acting Out Child  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Family violence  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Shame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e    \u003cp\u003eWhile continuing to recognize alcohol as the primary addiction within  families, this edition broadens the concepts to include addictive disorders  such as other drugs, money related addictions, food disorders, relationship,  sex and work addictions.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MAC Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034050674928,"sku":"9780910223003","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780910223003_p0.jpg?v=1763851505","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780910223003","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}