My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has a Disease: A Child's View: Living with Addiction

by Claudia Black

Book Overview

Children who grow up in addicted families usually learn at a very young age that it is not safe for them to openly talk about their family experiences. This updated edition of My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has a Disease gives children ages five to twelve the opportunity to work through their feelings of loss, loneliness, fear, and frustration, both verbally and through drawing exercises. Through sharing their thoughts and feelings, children can...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1942094752
• ISBN13: 9781942094753
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Central Recovery Press
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 5

Customer Reviews

Great Book!

I received this book when I was a teenager. At the time, my mother was married to a drug addict and one of the counselors at the treatment program recommended it. Also, those many years ago, it only applied to alcoholics. I found it to be a very, very helpful book. Seeing my own experiences through the eyes of much younger children really helped me to understand what I was going through and not feel alone. I am so happy to see that it has been updated to include drug addiction and mothers. I know this book will continue to make a valuable impact on the lives of many children.

Held my kids attention

Great book for explaining alcoholism to kids. They seemed to relate to the pictures. I will read it to them on occasion.

Children of Alcoholics - a young perspective

A rare find. While most other publications are geared to teenagers or adults living with addicted parents, this book offers younger children's perspectives. It combines young children's artwork and observations about the problems they have to cope with along with a helpful guide/workbook to help explain this disease. Reading through this with a 6 year old was an amazing experience. In the first chapter, she was able to recognize the signs and understand that others are going through the same experiences. I wish there were more books like this.

My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has a Disease: A Child's View: Living with Addiction

This is one of the only resources I could find to aid in my work with children of addicts. It is easy to use and gives a good structure for addressing issues of addictions from a childs point of view.