Straight Talk from Claudia Black

PARENTING/ADDICTION

     Talking with your kids about alcohol use, drug use, and addiction can be difficult for any parent.  For recovering parents, conversations with your children about drug use and abuse are even more complex, urgent, and personal.  Here, with her characteristic intelligence and sensitivity, foremost recovery author Claudia Black provides clear direction and gentle support for discussing your past addiction with your children.  In Straight Talk from Claudia Black, you will meet five very different families and explore with Dr. Black how each of the parents handled discussions about recovery, relapse, and their children's own vulnerability to addiction.  Dr. Black also addresses the latest research on genetics and addiction as well as practical prevention strategies for raising resilient children.
     While you can't make up for the past in a few conversations, and you can't completely protect your children from the enormous reach of addiction, you can, with Dr. Black's guidance, move closer to becoming the parent your children need you to be--and the parent you want to be..