When Your Adult Child Breaks Your Heart: Coping With Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, And The Problems That Tear Families Apart

by Joel L. Young and Christine A. Adamec

Book Overview

Behind nearly every adult who is accused of a crime, becomes addicted to drugs or alcohol, or who is severely mentally ill and acting out in public, there is usually at least one extremely stressed-out parent. This parent may initially react with the bad news of their adult child behaving badly with, "Oh no " followed by, "How can I help to fix this?" A very common third reaction is the thought, "Where did I go wrong--was it something I said or...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762792973
• ISBN13: 9780762792979
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"