Lesson 30: Family and Addiction: Slide  11

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Well Functioning Families:

  • Consciously work at managing their communications
  • Develop the capacity to adapt, create change, share intimacy, and manage conflict
  • Your family created your entire reality when you were a child
  • You learned who you were and how you were supposed to interact with others based on how your family taught you to see the world
  • Think for a moment about how much of what you feel, how you live, and what you believe has been shaped by your family

Notes:

Galvin, K.M. & Brommel, B.J., 1999, “Family communications: Cohesion and change” (5th Ed.), Addison-Wesley, New York

Boudreau, Richard J. Addiction and the Family , From: Alcohol and Drug Problems: A Practical Guide for Counselors. Howard, Harrison, Carver, and Lightfoot (Eds.) Toronto: Addiction Research Foundation, 1993. Pg. 333-340

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