Getting Them Sober: A Guide for Those Who Live with an Alcoholic, Vol. 1

by Toby Rice Drews

Book Overview

Practical advice for spouses and family members of alcoholics on how to cope with the abnormal behavior fostered by alcoholism and help its victim recover. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882704605
• Release Date: November 1980
• Publisher: Logos Associates
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.5" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

THE BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN FOR FAMILIES OF ALL ADDICTS

THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN FOR THE FAMILIES OF ALCOHOLICS AND ADDICTS. FOLLOW THIS PATH AND GET SOMEWHERE. PLAIN SPOKEN AND EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE. A HOW TO.

Indespensible

Toby Rice Drews is in a class by herself. She is an absolute sanity saver and a restorer of health and equlibrium. I have been blessed with knowing Toby, and she is in person as she appears in all of her books--warm, gentle, loving, and a true giver. I have given her books to friends and family and they have found them indespensible. One slept at night with her Bible on the pillow next to her and Toby's books on top.

A Life-Saver!

Quite candidly, Toby Rice Drews has made this book an ongoingly useful tool to keep around. Each chapter is independent and helps one deal with the situation/crisis at hand, and yet I found it powerful to read the whole book in two days. I have tools now that truly help me regain control of my life with an alcoholic, both when he is drunk and also when he is moody between his drunken episodes. This author is excellent. I also wish she'd publish a book written for the alcoholic that addresses the psychological wounds he has inflicted on his family and gives him tools to accept what he has done and to change his actions. And please I hope someone does a comparison of all volumes by T.R. Drews. I am anxious to reap all her wonderful help.

An Absolute Life and Sanity Saver for Families of Addicts

I read this book about a year ago while struggling to to deal with the addict in my life. Toby Rice Drews made me feel so much better about myself and my situation. I recommend it to everyone I come across who is where I was last year - the book never fails to comfort and support, and it's full of helpful suggestions that really work!

Author hit the nail right on the head. Very insightful.

This book has helped me a lot. Living with an alcoholic is very difficult and you start blaming yourself for everything. Now I know that it is not all me. I am starting to understand the irrational behavior and thinking of an alcoholic and that only they can help themselves and I have to help myself and not be brought down by their shortcomings