The Alcoholic Family [Paperback]

This pathbreaking book paints a radical new picture of alcoholism, offering powerful evidence that most chronic alcoholics live out their lives in intact, relatively quiet family environments. The authors show, however, that living in an alcoholic family—in which alcoholism is the central theme around which family life is organized—has profound effects on family members both drinkers and nondrinkers.

Peter Steinglassis director of the Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy.

Linda A. Bennettis associate professor of anthropology, Memphis State University.

Stephen J. Wolinis clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, George Washington School of Medicine.

David Reissis professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine.