Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy by David Sheff

Author:David Sheff
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Non-Fiction, Psychology
ISBN: 9780547848655
Publisher: Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books
Published: 2013-01-08T08:00:00+00:00

In groups, addicts’ parents, siblings, spouses, and other family members are educated about the disease of addiction and the ways families unwittingly contribute to it. They’re helped to understand and change destructive dynamics. In family therapy, members learn to treat one another and react to one another differently. They work to improve communication—to listen better, express their feelings—and set boundaries. Behavioral therapies are used to train people to anticipate, recognize, acknowledge, and interrupt old patterns that lead to stress, guilt, and other emotions that contribute to drug use.

The family—whatever form and however many members—is a system of interdependent components. It can be almost impossible to change one component if they don’t all shift. Family therapy can make that happen. However, while there’s almost always a possibility of positive change, some families can’t be changed—family members won’t participate in treatment, are incapable of changing, are using. Addicts can learn other ways to change their environment. They may need to move; live separately, possibly in sober-living situations; change jobs; or even cut ties to certain family members, if only for a while.

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