It Will Never Happen to Me!: Growing up with Addiction as Youngsters, Adolescents, AdultsThis "little green book," as it has come to be known to hundreds of thousands of C.O.A.'s and A.C.O.A.'s, is meant to help the reader understand the roles children in alcoholic families adopt, the problems they face in adulthood as a result, and what they can do to break the pattern of destruction. |
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