Addiction Dilemmas Professor Orford is one of the most distinguished researchers of addictions today. In this book he aims to counter the neglect and misunderstanding faced by families affected by addiction an estimated one hundred million worldwide and to highlight the personal, professional and public policy dilemmas. By drawing on personal accounts from fiction, autobiography and Professor Orford and his colleagues own international research programme, the voices of children, wives, grandparents and friends spring to life. The penetrating and sensitive commentary, and thought-provoking questions and exercises make this book invaluable for practitioners, researchers and family members. It demonstrates the many shared experiences of family members across continents and over time, whether alcohol, drug misuse or gambling is involved. Judith Harwin, Professor of Social Work, Brunel University, UK Addiction Dilemmas explores the impact of addiction on those closest to the individuals affected their families. Many barriers can stand in the way of family members receiving help, not least a lack of available services and a failure on the part of professionals and their organisations to fully appreciate the nature of the dilemmas which they face. This book is based on a combination of personal interviews from scientific research, accounts from biography and autobiography (featuring well-known names both past and present) and excerpts from well-informed works of literature. The book s core theme is the stress faced by family members when a close relative has an addiction problem, and the struggles they experience in deciding how to cope. By tracing the same dilemmas through a range of contexts, Jim Orford offers unique insights to professionals who deal with people with addictions and their families, researchers, policy makers and ultimately family members themselves. Sources include The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bront , A Chancer by James Kelman, Long Day s Journey into Night by Eugene O Neill, and biographies of close relatives of Dylan Thomas and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Addiction Dilemmas"Professor Orford is one of the most distinguished researchers of addictions today. In this book he aims to counter the neglect and misunderstanding faced by families affected by addiction - an estimated one hundred million worldwide - and to highlight the personal, professional and public policy dilemmas. By drawing on personal accounts from fiction, autobiography and Professor Orford and his colleagues' own international research -programme, the voices of children, wives, grandparents and friends spring to life. The penetrating and sensitive commentary, and thought-provoking questions and exercises make this book invaluable for practitioners, -researchers and family members. It demonstrates the many shared -experiences of family members across continents and over time, whether alcohol, drug misuse or gambling is involved."Judith Harwin, Professor of Social Work, Brunel University, UKAddiction Dilemmas explores the impact of addiction on those closest to the individuals affected - their families. Many barriers can stand in the way of family members receiving help, not least a lack of available services and a failure on the part of professionals and their organisations to fully -appreciate the nature of the dilemmas which they face.This book is based on a combination of personal interviews from scientific research, accounts from biography and autobiography (featuring well-known names both past and present) and excerpts from well-informed works of literature. The book's core theme is the stress faced by family members when a close relative has an addiction problem, and the struggles they experience in deciding how to cope. By tracing the same dilemmas through a range of contexts, Jim Orford offers unique insights to professionals who deal with people with addictions and their families, researchers, policy makers and ultimately family members themselves. Sources include The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë, A Chancer by James Kelman, Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill, and biographies of close relatives of Dylan Thomas and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Preface viiSources and Acknowledgements xiii1. We'll Be There for Him: A Family Responds to Relapse 12. Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill 93. Tough Love: A Television Studio Discussion 154. Wives of Gamblers 215. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 316. British SikhWives and Daughters Stand Up toMen's Drinking387. Nil By Mouth: A Film by Gary Oldman 468. Worrying for Drinkers in Aboriginal Australia 529. A Prodigal Son: The Mother's Story 6510. Parents of Problem Gamblers 7511. The Tale of Caitlin Thomas 8812. Dylan Thomas in America by John Malcolm Brinnin10313. An Imaginary Conversation:Wives in Mexico, England, SouthKorea and Italy 11114. Father Figure by Beverley Nichols 12415. Growing Up with My Mother by Virginia Ironside13116. Mrs Sara Coleridge and Friends 13817. Five Husbands ofWives with Drinking Problems: A Focus Group15318. A Chancer by James Kelman 16919. Growing Up with ParentsWho Drink Excessively: Four Stories17520. Baudelaire and His Mother in Chains 18521. Fever Pitch by Richard Brooks 19422. I Only Had the Baby'sWelfare at Heart: ConcernedGrandmothers 199Further Reading 207Index 209