Broken Bottles, Broken Dreams: Understanding and Helping Children of Alcoholics

By Charles Deutsch

At least fifteen million American children of school age have severe problems that are caused or exacerbated by a parent's alcoholism. This book draws on the experience of a nationally respected model program to show how these children can be helped. Part 1 focuses on an understanding of what alcoholism is and is not, and its impact on family members. Part 2 presents scenarios of persons helping in their various roles, examines important support agencies, and explains how and why their methods work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080772663X
• ISBN13: 9780807726631
• Release Date: June 1982
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Best book ever written about children of alcoholics

This is a deeply moving account of work done with young schoolchildren, who were given the chance to talk with counselors and one another about what things were like at home growing up with an alcoholic parent. Much of the book consists of their verbatim stories. And they were significantly helped by this outstanding program. It's inspiring to read about. And if you yourself grew up in an alcoholic family, you will cry buckets as you read.