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Don't Let Your Kids Kill You

A Guide for Parents of Drug and Alcohol Addicted Children

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Don't Let Your Kids Kill You

By: Charles Rubin
Narrated by: Tom Zingarelli
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When kids turn to substance abuse, parents also become victims as they watch their children transform into irrational and antisocial individuals. This harrowing scenario finds parents buckling beneath the stress, often with catastrophic consequences: divorce, career upsets, breakdowns, and worse.

Don't Let Your Kids Kill You is a landmark work that dares to focus on the plight of the confused, distressed parent and not the erring child. It sets aside any preconceived ideas that parents are to blame for what is essentially a full-blown global crisis. Drawing on interviews with parents who have survived the heartbreak of kids on drugs, combined with his own experience, Charles Rubin provides practical advice on how parents can help themselves and their families by first attending to their own needs.

©2016 Charles Rubin (P)2016 Tantor Addiction & Recovery Mental Health Parenting & Families Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Teenagers Substance abuse Grandparenting Health

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"Offers parents the means to attain a healthy balance in their lives despite their children's choices." ( Publishers Weekly)
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I found so many of my feelings during this book. It is so hard to find someone else that truly understands what it’s like to live with to a drugged addictive children.. I had to walk away from one 12 months ago for Good as she is 31 years in age and if I haven’t been able to help her by now there is only hope in my heart. It’s her that needs to do the work now and I only hope for my youngest daughter that she finds the strength courage because I will not put my self through this heartache again for the next 10 years. Thank you so much for this book.

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Wonderful book that is needed to be read/heard by all parents of drug addicted children. It’s honest and helpful, relatable and there is no fluff. It’s just information that needs to be heard so parents can let go and learn to live their own lives. Excellent!

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This book is a gift of knowledge and empowerment covering all aspects of the excruciatingly grief ridden path of the parent to the chemically dependent child. Heartbreaking and heartfelt it changed my judgemental perceptions of others and forced me to look at myself and my addiction to my addicted child. It has also helped me in my work as a counsellor. Beautifully read by Tom Zingarelli who had the perfect voice for the content. If you or anyone you know has this issue or if you work with the afflicted I highly recommend this as a life saving resource. Thank you Charles Rubin for writing it.

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