Addict in the House: a No-Nonsense Family Guide through Addiction & Recovery. Robin Barnett, $23.95

Everyone suffers when there’s an addict in the family. Written by an expert in alcohol and drug addiction and recovery, this no-nonsense guide will help you understand the causes of addiction, end enabling behaviors, support your loved one’s recovery, and learn how to cope with relapses. If you’re the family member of an addict, you may feel confused, guilty, and scared of doing the wrong thing. And when you don’t know how to help, you may find yourself in a codependent role, trying so hard to keep your addicted loved one alive, out of jail, or emotionally appeased that you may actually prevent them from realizing they need help.

Drawing on her own personal experience with her brother’s addiction, Addict in the House offers a pragmatic, step-by-step guide to dealing with a loved one’s addiction, from accepting the reality of the disease to surviving what may be repeated cycles of recovery and relapse. You’ll learn how to encourage your addicted loved one to get help without forcing it, and finally find the strength to let go of codependence.

With this revealing and straightforward book, you’ll have the support you need to take an honest look at how addiction has affected the family, cope with the emotional hurdles of having an addicted family member, create and maintain firm boundaries, and make informed decisions about how to best help your loved one.

Addicted Like Me: a Mother-Daughter Story of Substance Abuse and Recovery. Karen Franklin & Lauren King, $22.00

Addicted Like Me is the story of a mother and her daughter and the legacy of addiction that runs through their family. From the perspective of two people who have been there, the authors provide advice and resources to help parents help their kids before problems arise.

Addiction-Proof Your Child: a Realistic Approach to Preventing Drug, Alcohol and Other Dependencies. Stanton Peele, $19.95

A renowned addiction expert, Dr. Stanton Peele believes that it is normal for teens to experiment with drugs and alcohol, and that the majority will not become addicts or ruin their lives if they are armed with real-life motivators. Addiction-Proof Your Child shows parents how to instill these qualities and teach kids the decision-making skills and values they need. In a world where binge drinking, drug abuse, eating disorders, and Internet gambling and pornography are all too common, children and teens need to have deeply-rooted values and strengths rather than a mantra, to avoid the ever-growing presence of addiction. “Just say no” is just not enough.

Adolescent Risk Behaviors: Why Teens Experiment and Strategies to Keep Them Safe. David Wolfe, Peter Jaffe & Claire Crooks, $69.95 

This book focuses on the crucial role that relationships play in the lives of teenagers. The authors particularly examine the ways that healthy relationships can help teens avoid such common risk behaviors as substance abuse, dating violence, sexual assault, and unsafe sexual practices. Addressing the current lack of effective prevention programs for teens, they present new strategies for encouraging healthy choices. An illuminating conclusion describes the key ingredients for engaging adolescents, their parents, teachers, and communities in the effort to promote healthy, nonviolent relationships among teens.

All about Drugs & Young People: Essential Information and Advice for Parents and Professionals. Julian Cohen, $29.95

Packed with information, advice and learning activities, this book tells you what you need to know about drugs, young people's drug use, and how you can help them stay safe. It covers everything from what the effects are and why young people take drugs, to how to negotiate drug rules and ways to prevent and minimise harm. An easy to use section contains factual information about various drugs, covering a description of each drug, street names, a brief history, legal status, availability, extent of use and cost, effects, possible harms, and harm reduction advice. The newest and emerging drugs, such as legal highs, are included, as well as illegal drugs, alcohol, caffeine and tobacco. If you are working with or supporting young people or are a parent or carer, this is the book you need to help you understand drugs and respond positively and effectively to young people's drug use.

Beautiful Boy: a Father’s Journey through His Son’s Addiction. David Sheff, $21.50

At its heart Beautiful Boy is an amazingly honest and exquisitely written account of a family’s torturous journey through addiction. It raises questions that reflect the fears of every parent: Where does one’s responsibility to a loved one end? How — and when — should a parent know whether his or her child is substance abusing? And how does a family recover from the wounds afflicted by addiction and get on with their lives? David Sheff has written a powerful and moving family portrait that will resonate soundly with all readers and is sure to become a classic.

Chasing the High: a Firsthand Account of One Young Person’s Experience with Substance Abuse. Kyle Keegan, with Howard Moss, $10.95

A moving, remarkable memoir of a one young man's struggle with heroin addiction, filled with expert advice for teens and young adults fighting substance abuse.

Cyber Junkie: Escape the Gaming and Internet Trap. Kevin Roberts, $17.50

Video gaming and Internet surfing are the top sources of entertainment for tens of millions of North Americans today. As these technologies continue to grow and flourish, so does the number of people becoming obsessively absorbed in the imagination and fantasy that they present. More and more people are isolating themselves, turning their backs on reality, ignoring family and friends, and losing their sleep and even their jobs due to excessive use of video games and the Internet--and they continue to do so despite harmful consequences to their mental, physical, and spiritual health, a telltale sign of addiction.

In this groundbreaking book, recovering video game addict Kevin Roberts uses extensive scientific and social research, complemented by his and others' personal stories, to give compulsive gamers and surfers — and their family and friends — a step-by-step guide for recovery. He outlines the ways that "cyber junkies" exhibit the classic signs of addiction and reveals how they can successfully recover by following a program similar to those used for other addictions. Readers learn to identify whether they have an addiction, find the right resources to get individualized help, and regain a rewarding life away from the screen by learning new thoughts and behaviors that free them from the cravings that rule their lives. Included is a guide for parents for working with their addicted children.

Digital Kids: How to Balance Screen Time, and Why it Matters. Martin Kutscher, $19.95

For many children and teens daily Internet use is the norm — but where should we draw the line when it comes to digital media usage? This handy book lays out the essential information needed to understand and prevent excessive Internet use that negatively impacts behaviour, education, family life, and even physical health.

Martin Kutscher, MD analyses neurological, psychological and educational research and draws on his own experience to show when Internet use stops being a good thing and starts to become excessive. He shows how to spot digital addictions, and offers whole family approaches for limiting the harmful effects of too much screen time, such as helping kids to learn to control their own Internet use. He tackles diverse questions ranging from the effects of laptops in the classroom and reading on a digital screen, to whether violent videogames lead to aggression. The author also explains how ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can make you more susceptible to Internet addiction, suggesting practical strategies to suit these specific needs. Discussing both the good and bad aspects of the internet, this book tells you everything you need to know to help children and young people use the internet in a healthy, balanced way.

Easy Does It, Mom: Parenting in Recovery. Barbara Joy, $21.95

In Easy Does It, Mom Barbara Joy provides moms with positive encouragement, knowledge, and tools they can begin using immediately as they continue their recovery and move toward being the best mothers they can be. Joy includes real-life stories and strategies from the moms and children she works with. The reader is guided by a professional and encouraged and inspired by moms who have "been there, done that.

Everything Changes: Help for Families of Newly Recovering Addicts. Beverly Conyers, $19.99

A relative or friend has finally taken those tentative steps toward sobriety. With the relief of this life-changing course of action comes a new and difficult set of challenges for recovering addicts and those who love them.

The Everything Parent's Guide to Teenage Addiction. Edward Lynam & Ellen Bowers, $20.95

A comprehensive and supportive reference to help your child recover from addiction.

Families Care: Helping Families Cope and Relate Effectively. Facilitator’s Manual. S. Bubbra, A. Himes, C. Kelly, J. Shenfield, C. Sloss & L. Tait, CAMH, $29.95

Families CARE is a group-based program that helps family members Cope and Relate Effectively with the person who has a substance use problem.

The program offers education, support and skills development. Family members learn about, discuss and practice such skills as coping, grieving, dealing with emotions, solving problems, setting goals, communicating, setting limits, supporting and responding to the person with a substance use problem, and helping children affected by a family member’s substance use. The facilitator’s manual consists of 18 modules that include:

• Objectives and session outlines
• Teaching points and discussion
• Handouts that provide information, clinical exercises and home practice for clients to use during the sessions and at home

From Binge to Blackout: a Mother and Son Struggle with Teen Drinking. Chris Volkmann & Toren Volkmann, $17.00

Throughout his college years, Toren Volkmann partied like there was no tomorrow, having what was supposed to be the time of his life. Like so many parents, his mother, Chris, overlooked Toren’s growing alcohol problem. But when he graduated, Toren realized he’d become a full-blown alcoholic. And he was not alone.

Considered a rite of passage, teenage drinking has skyrocketed to epidemic proportions, fostering a generation of young adults whose lives are already beginning to come apart under the strain. This book, written from the viewpoints of both mother and son, is a riveting, enlightening, and heartbreakingly true story of a family that was able to confront the fear, pain, and denial that threatened to destroy them—and survive the epidemic of teenage drinking that’s putting America’s future at risk.

Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids — and How to Break the Trance. Nicholas Kardaras, $23.99

We’ve all seen them: kids hypnotically staring at glowing screens in restaurants, in playgrounds and in friends' houses — and the numbers are growing. Like a virtual scourge, the illuminated glowing faces — the Glow Kids — are multiplying. But at what cost? Is this just a harmless indulgence or fad like some sort of digital hula-hoop? Some say that glowing screens might even be good for kids — a form of interactive educational tool. Don’t believe it.

In Glow Kids, Dr. Nicholas Kardaras will examine how technology — more specifically, age-inappropriate screen tech, with all of its glowing ubiquity — has profoundly affected the brains of an entire generation. Brain imaging research is showing that stimulating glowing screens are as dopaminergic (dopamine activating) to the brain’s pleasure center as sex. And a growing mountain of clinical research correlates screen tech with disorders like ADHD, addiction, anxiety, depression, increased aggression, and even psychosis. Most shocking of all, recent brain imaging studies conclusively show that excessive screen exposure can neurologically damage a young person’s developing brain in the same way that cocaine addiction can.

Helping Children Affected by Parental Substance Abuse: Activities and Photocopiable Worksheets. Tonia Caselman, $39.95

This practical resource provides a wealth of activities and photocopiable worksheets to use with children and young people affected by parental substance misuse. Children living in substance abusing homes are at risk of many different negative outcomes, such as behavioral problems, low academic achievement, depression and anxiety, low self-esteem, as well as self-blame for their parent's substance abuse. The activities and worksheets in this book have been designed to assist counselors, therapists and other professionals to facilitate group sessions for children of addicted parents. Each chapter reviews a different issue related to children living in substance abusing homes, and gives step-by-step instructions for leading a group session, accompanied by the latest research and suggestions for discussions based on best practices. Children will learn to reduce feelings of shame and isolation, better understand the nature of addiction, increase self-care and create healthy interactions.

This is an essential resource for professionals working with children affected by parental substance misuse, including counselors, child psychologists, therapists, and youth workers.

Hooked: When Addiction Hits Home. Edited by Chloe Shantz-Hilkes, $12.95

The profiles in this collection are based on interviews with people who, as children or teens, lived with a family member addicted alcohol, drugs, food, medication, work, or gambling. Poignant and perceptive, these short, true stories touch on depression, social stigma, and the health problems caused by addiction and stress. Infused with maturity and humour, these accounts will help those in similar situations realize they are not alone, and that there are ways they can break free from others’ addictions and move on with their lives.

How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid: The Straight Dope for Parents, Revised Edition. Joseph Califano, $19.99

How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid offers advice and information on how to prepare your child for the crucial decision-making moments and on many of the most daunting parenting topics such as when to talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol; how to respond when kids ask “Did you do drugs”; how to know when your child is most at risk and how to prepare your teen for the freedoms and perils of college.

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction. Gabor Maté, $22.95

For over seven years Gabor Maté has been the staff physician at the Portland Hotel, a residence and harm reduction facility in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. His patients are challenged by life-threatening drug addictions, mental illness, Hepatitis C or HIV and, in many cases, all four.

While Dr. Maté’s patients are at the far end of the spectrum, there are many others among us who are also struggling with addictions. Drugs, alcohol, tobacco, work, food, sex, gambling and excessive inappropriate spending: what is amiss with our lives that we seek such self-destructive ways to comfort ourselves? And why is it so difficult to stop these habits, even as they threaten our health, jeopardize our relationships and corrode our lives?

Beginning with a dramatically close view of his drug addicted patients, Dr. Maté looks at his own history of compulsive behaviour. He weaves the stories of real people who have struggled with addiction with the latest research on addiction and the brain. Providing a bold synthesis of clinical experience, insight and cutting edge scientific findings, Dr. Maté sheds light on this most puzzling of human frailties. He proposes a compassionate approach to helping drug addicts and, for the many behaviour addicts among us, to addressing the void addiction is meant to fill.

It’s Not About You, Except When It Is: a Field Manual for Parents of Addicted Children. Barbara Victoria, $23.50

Straight-talking self-preservation tools and techniques for parents of addicts in — or out — of recovery.

The Journey of the Heroic Parent: Your Child's Struggle & the Road Home. Brad Reedy, $17.95

Every day parents face heartbreaking situations. Raising a child struggling with mental health issues, addictions, depression, suicidal thoughts, eating disorders or just the normal angst associated with growing up can be frightening and confusing. When all you’ve done is not enough, when your child seems lost and you feel inept and impotent, Dr. Reedy can help you take the necessary steps to find your child, not with cursory cures or snappy solutions, but rather by effecting positive change in your own behavior.

On your journey, you will confront, re-evaluate, and grow confident in your beliefs as a parent. You will learn how to lovingly and effectively communicate your intentions to your child. Reedy’s process will teach you how to find peace and security in your skills as a parent, and help you get comfortable exactly where you are. Even if you’ve made mistakes, even if you think you’ve failed, you still have the power to be a great parent. Healthy parenting leads to a healthy life for your whole family, and The Journey of the Heroic Parent will be your guide as you walk the path to hope.

Kit Kitten and the Topsy-Turvy Feelings: a Story about Parents Who Aren't Always Able to Care. Jane Evans, illustrated by Izzy Bean, $17.95

Kit Kitten and the Topsy-Turvy Feelings is a therapeutic storybook for children aged 2 to 6 about a kitten called Kit whose parent isn't always able to care for them. To help support Kit Kitten, Kindly Cat comes to their house and helps Kit to identify the feelings that are mixed up inside.

Many children live in homes where things are chaotic and parents or carers are distracted and emotionally unavailable to them. This storybook, designed for children aged 2 to 6, includes feelings based activities to build a child's emotional awareness and vocabulary. A helpful tool for use by parents, carers, social workers and other professionals to enable young children to begin to name and talk about their feelings.

Loving Our Addicted Daughters Back to Life: a Guidebook for Parents. Linda Dahl, $24.95

The latest information on gender-specific treatment of addiction and recovery can be found in this go-to manual for parents seeking direction to help their daughters. Step-by-step guidelines present tools for recognizing substance abuse in young women; communicating with them and their care providers; dealing with relapse and long-term recovery; and managing parental shame, guilt, fear, anger, and loving detachment.

Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: a Neuroscientist Examines His Former Life on Drugs. Marc Lewis, $21.00

Marc Lewis is a distinguished neuroscientist. And, for many years, he was a drug addict, dependent on a series of dangerous substances, from LSD to heroin. His narrative moves back and forth between the often dark, compellingly story of his relationship with drugs and a revelatory analysis of what was going on in his brain. He shows how drugs speak to the brain — which is designed to seek rewards and soothe pain — in its own language. He shows in detail the neural mechanics of a variety of powerful drugs and of the onset of addiction.

Dr. Lewis freed himself from addiction and ended up studying it. He traded in his pharmaceutical supplies for the life of a graduate student, eventually becoming a professor of developmental psychology, and then of neuroscience. This is the fascinating story of his journey, seen from the inside out.

Mommy Doesn’t Drink Here Anymore: Getting through the First Year of Sobriety.  Rachael Brownell, $24.95

Part anecdotal, part self-help, author Brownell addresses a whole new generation of "cocktail play date" parents who need to find their way to sobriety.

Mommy's Gone to Treatment. Denise Crossman, $21.95

Written for children ages 4-8, this book candidly tackles the confusion and fear children face when an addicted parent enters treatment. With vibrant illustrations and a parent guide page, parents now how a helpful tool that will ease children's apprehensions when someone they love must confront reality.

Mommy’s Coming Home from Treatment. Denise Crossman, $21.95

Addresses the difficulties children may have when a parent returns home from treatment as the whole family learns to adjust to a new way of life.

Moms to Moms: Parenting Wisdom from Moms in Recovery. Barbara Joy, $24.95

In Moms to Moms, counselor Barbara Joy shares stories, advice, and inspiration from more than 60 mothers in recovery who have struggled with addiction. These are women of all ages, races, and religious affiliations who candidly share their experiences: the challenges of being a mom in recovery, the values they want to teach their children, and their fears, struggles, and accomplishments.

This is a book that offers help and hope to busy, stressed-out moms in recovery; a book they can turn to again and again to find inspiration, comfort, and advice.

Motivational Interviewing with Adolescents and Young Adults. Sylvie-Naar-King & Mariann Suarez, $52.50

This pragmatic guide spells out how to use motivational interviewing (MI) to have productive conversations about behavior change with adolescents and young adults in any clinical context. Filled with vivid examples, sample dialogues, and "dos and don'ts," the book shows how conducting MI from a developmentally informed standpoint can help practitioners quickly build rapport with young patients, enhance their motivation to make healthy changes, and overcome ambivalence. Experts on specific adolescent problems describe MI applications in such key areas as substance abuse, smoking, sexual risk taking, eating disorders and obesity, chronic illness management, and externalizing and internalizing behavior problems.

Navigating the Cyberworld with Your Child: a Guide for Parents, Teachers and Counsellors. Edited by Ong Say How & Tan Yi Ren, $21.99

There is no escaping it: broadband Internet access has forever changed the ways children

and teenagers learn, play and live. Yet addictive Internet use is a relatively new phenomenon of which many people are unaware, and for which treatment is often not sought. Left ignored, excessive Internet use may lead to deteriorating relationships or interfere with normal functioning in life.

Navigating the Cyberworld With Your Child highlights the different types of Internet-related addictions that a child or teenager may face — such as pornography, social networking and texting, gaming and online shopping — and discusses prevention and treatment approaches. It also explores legal problems that arise from cybercrimes, and offers intervention strategies, services and programmes available for both victim and perpetrator. Finally, it takes a look at future technology and potential research areas.

Nice Recovery: a Memoir. Susan Juby, $20.00

A candid memoir, told with wit and honesty, of teenage drinking and recovery.

100 Questions & Answers about Your Child’s Substance Abuse. Romulo Aromin, $21.95

This book is a solid resource for parents and family members coping with the danger, emotional turmoil and uncertainty of drug and alcohol abuse. Authoritative and user-friendly, 100 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ANOUT YOUR CHILD'S SUBSTANCE ABUSE will enhance your knowledge and answer your questions about the causes, diagnosis, sources of support and treatment options.

Parenting the Addicted Teen: a 5-Step Foundational Program. Barbara Krovitz-Neren, $25.95

An innovative approach that teaches parents how to reconnect with the entire family and reclaim their parenting power. The program is designed to help parents let go of the addicted family system and begin parenting with renewed strength and positive power. Krovitz-Neren's 5-Step Foundational Parenting Model is new to the addiction field and, unlike previous books, teaches parents a systematic approach to support their children in their successful long-term recovery. Unique in that it incorporates the perspectives, needs, and desires of teenagers and young adults, providing fresh insight and helping parents understand what their child is experiencing in active addiction. By applying these simple strategies parents can expect to:

• Bring about more presence and emotional availability to all members of the family
• Experience a deeper emotional connection with their children
• Enjoy clarified family values, rules, and boundaries
• Have improved parenting skills that allow them to create greater joy within the family

The Real Deal Series: Alcohol. Rachel Lynette, $8.95 (pre-teens/teens)

The Real Deal Series: Drugs. Rachel Lynette, $9.99 (pre-teens/teens)

What are the signs of alcoholism? How does drinking alcohol affect the body? What are the laws surrounding drinking? What are hallucinogens? Can prescription drugs be dangerous? How do stimulants affect the body? Find the answers to these questions and how alcohol and drugs affects people's health, in these informative and practical guides.

A Sober Mom's Guide to Recovery: Taking Care of Yourself to Take Care of Your Kids. Rosemary O'Connor, $19.99

Recovering from an addiction is tough enough, but when you throw in the tremendous responsibilities of motherhood, resisting cravings and remaining abstinent, can seem like an impossible challenge.

Rosemary O'Connor brings her many years of experience working with women in recovery to addressing the key life issues mothers face at all stages of their recovery path. At once affirming, engaging, and practical, A Sober Mom's Guide to Recovery combines down-to-earth advice with the inspiring stories of recovering moms, including the author's, to offer guidance on over fifty vital topics, including stress, relapse, relationships, sex and intimacy, spirituality, shame, gratitude, dating, and, of course, parenting. The result is an inspirational and practical handbook, not just for getting through the day, but for building a sense of well-being that radiates outward, allowing you to be present with your kids and loved ones, and find hope for the future.

Somebody Cares: a Guide for Kids Who Have Experienced Neglect. Susan Farber Straus, illustrated by Claire Keay, $13.50 (ages 6-11)

Somebody Cares explores the feelings and thoughts many kids have when they've had to look out for themselves or be alone much of the time. A useful book to read with a caring adult — such as a parent, foster parent, kinship parent, or therapist — Somebody Cares reassures children who have experienced neglect that they are not to blame for what happened in their family, and that they can feel good about themselves for many reasons. It takes time for kids to get used to changes in their family or living situation, even when they are good changes. This book will help kids learn some ways to feel safer, more relaxed, and more confident.

Straight Talk about Binge Drinking. James Bow, $11.95 (grades 5-8)

Binge drinking is the most common form of alcohol abuse by youth under the age of 21. This informative title discusses the social pressure to binge drink, symptoms, treatment, and prevention. Binge drinking can lead to other high-risk behavior and health risks, including alcohol poisoning, impaired judgment, mental and physical health issues, and alcoholism. Recent statistics and compelling testimonials provide a candid, real-world examination of the issue of underage alcohol abuse.

Straight Talk about Gambling. Carrie Iorizzo, $11.95 (ages 12+)

Youth gambling has become a serious concern. From online poker and card games, to sports pools and lottery tickets, gambling is more accessible than ever before. This informative and timely book explores the different forms of gambling, reasons why young people gamble, and the dangerous consequences of compulsive gambling. Compelling real-life stories, recent statistics, and research help readers make informed and educated choices about gambling.

Tough Topics: Alcohol. Ana Deboo, $8.95 (grades 1-5)

Straightforward information about alcohol and alcohol abuse for primary school-aged children.

Treating Co-occurring Adolescent PTSD and Addiction: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Adolescents with Trauma and Substance-Abuse Disorders. Lisa Fortuna, Zayda Vallejo, Florence Meleo-Meyer, $69.95

Trauma and addiction often present side by side. Based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness, Treating Co-occurring Adolescent PTSD and Addiction is essential for anyone working with adolescents with addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Developed and researched explicitly for dual diagnosis adolescent clients, this book provides a range of mindfulness practices and tools to help your client be present in what he or she is experiencing-instead of slipping into a pattern of avoidance. In addition, the cognitive behavioral strategies can help adolescents who are at risk of recurrent trauma, and who could therefore benefit from practicing coping strategies to assist them in their current daily situations.

This is a must-have resource for any mental health provider treating adolescents with dual diagnosis of PTSD and addiction.

Treating Women with Substance Use Disorders During Pregnancy: a Comprehensive Approach to Caring for Mother and Child. Hendrée Jones & Karol Kaltenbach, $59.95

This book provides a first in-depth, comprehensive, and evidenced-based overview of the treatment of substance use disorders in the pregnant client. It provides readers with materials that will not only aid them in identifying, assessing, and understanding the issues involved in treating these women, but also the practical tools to implement the best practices from comprehensive care programs specializing in this sort of treatment. Each chapter strikes a balance between the best scientific information available and reasoned, clinical wisdom to fill in where evidence-based information is unavailable — all in a form that is practical and accessible. It is a valuable tool for clinicians and service providers across disciplines.

The TurnAround Mom: How an Abuse and Addiction Survivor Stopped the Toxic Cycle for Her Family and How You Can, Too! Carey Sipp, $22.95

Part courageous memoir, part influential how-to guide, The TurnAround Mom offers the tools you need to end the legacy of toxicity. With chilling vignettes from author Carey Sipp's own abusive past, plus the tips and techniques she used to turn her life — and the lives of her children — around, this stirring story will be the daily touchstone that you and your family deserve.

Author Jerry Moe shows how young people affected by family addiction can thrive, using the simple techniques and tools he’s learned from years of experience as an addictions professional and the National Director of Children’s Programs at the Betty Ford Center.

What’s Wrong with My Kid? When Drugs or Alcohol Might Be a Problem and What to Do about It. George Leary, $17.50

A down-to-earth, judgment-free guide for parents on recognizing the warning signs of alcohol and drug use in their kids, and getting them the help they need to grow and flourish.

When a Family is in Trouble: Children Can Cope with Grief from Drug and Alcohol Addiction. Marge Heegaard, $12.95 (therapeutic workbook, ages 6-11)

Awareness and communication is encouraged and modeled throughout this book that gives parents, counselors and other professionals an organized approach to help children ages 6-12 understand and cope with the problems addicted families face.

Wishes and Worries: Coping with a Parent Who Drinks Too Much. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, $19.99

Children have many questions when someone in their family drinks too much. Wishes and Worries helps to initiate dialogue, offers reassurance and allays fears for those who cope with this adult-sized problem.