Session1. Introduction ; Sharing expectations of group members : exercise one ; Mini-lecture : why are we interested in learning more about adult children of alcoholics? ; How the child is affected by the behavior of the alcoholic and nonalcoholic parent ; handouts -- Session 2. Opening the session ; "Don't talk" ; "Don't feel" ; "Don't trust" -- Session 3. Opening the session ; Understanding your feelings as a child and an adult ; Handouts -- Session 4. Opening the session ; Mini-lectures : "Roles in the home" and "overly responsible child" ; Exercises ; Mini-lectures : "The acting out child" and "lost child or adjuster" ; Exercise -- Opening the session ; Mascot and placater roles ; Impact of parental alcoholism on one's own ; Drinking habits and tendencies toward addictive relationships ; Handouts -- Session 6. Opening the session ; Adult-child issues ; Handout -- Session 7. Opening the session ; Abandonment issues ; Handout -- Session 8. Opening the session ; Adult children of alcoholics and impulsivity ; Treatment for adult children of alcoholics ; Self-help groups for adult children of alcoholics - ACOA and Al-Anon ; Evaluation of the workshop ; Handout. Published in: Milwaukee, Wis. Physical description: ix, 99 pages ; 24 cm.

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