You read the title of this book correctly. Our substance using kids cannot be loved into sobriety; at least not exclusively. Two months after Dr. Velarde's eighteen year old son graduated from a treatment facility, he experienced a relapse that triggered a series of events that almost destroyed their family. The book is a personal, no-holds-barred account of Dr. Velarde's struggle with his son's addictive behaviors and a family's struggles with self-blame, denial, and enabling behaviors. Dr. Velarde shares his personal accounts of keeping a family and a marriage together, and expending...
You read the title of this book correctly. Our substance using kids cannot be loved into sobriety; at least not exclusively. Two months after Dr. Vela...