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It Takes a Family

Creating Lasting Sobriety, Togetherness, and Happiness
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It Takes a Family by Debra Jay is a transformative guide for families dealing with addiction. It offers a comprehensive plan to help families intervene constructively, leading to lasting recovery and healing. The book explores the dynamics of addiction within families and provides strategies to rebuild trust and support recovery journeys.
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in understanding how family dynamics can play a role in the recovery process from addiction. It offers insights into how loved ones can provide support and encouragement, integrating practical advice to help families work together towards healing and rebuilding relationships.

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It Takes a Family

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This second edition of the groundbreaking book by acclaimed interventionist and educator Debra Jay celebrates the unique and powerful role families play in successful long-term recovery from addiction. Readers receive tips, tools, and a framework for pursuing the proven path of Structured Family Recovery.

As a companion to Love First, the classic guide to family intervention, It Takes a Family delivers a proven method for families and friends to step beyond the initial intervention and reinvent their relationships as part of a family recovery team.

In straightforward, compassionate language, Debra Jay offers readers a structured model that shows family members and friends how they can work together to overcome the obstacles many people with addiction face in their initial recovery. Through easy-to-follow strategies and exercises, family members learn about and address the challenges of enabling, denial, and pain while developing their communication skills and embracing the joy that comes from healthier and happier relationships.

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It Takes a Family by Debra Jay is praised for its insightful approach to family intervention in addiction recovery, providing practical guidance for loved ones. Many readers find it empowering and informative, highlighting the book's focus on family involvement as crucial in the healing process. Critics commend the compassionate yet direct tone, which offers hope and actionable steps for families navigating the challenges of addiction.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781616499129

Publisher: Hazelden Information & Educational Services

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 June 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Hazelden Information & Educational Services

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 340

About the Author

Debra Jay is a noted author, speaker, and trainer for addiction professionals.Β SheΒ isΒ the coauthor, with Jeff Jay,Β ofΒ the best-sellingΒ Love First: AΒ Family’s GuideΒ toΒ InterventionΒ andΒ author ofΒ No More Letting Go: The Spirituality ofΒ Taking ActionΒ Against Alcoholism and Drug Addiction.Β DebraΒ was a guest lecturerΒ on addiction and related issues atΒ Wayne StateΒ UniversityΒ Β forΒ fourteen years. She has been writing a newspaper advice column on families and addiction since 1996. She has served asΒ aΒ board member for Brighton Hospital, St. John Providence Health System, and Dawn Farm. She is a recipient of the 2012 Letitia M. CloseΒ BVMΒ Award in recognition of a significant ministry in helping women with the disease of addiction.Β TodayΒ Debra and JeffΒ run a national private practice, providing intervention training and consultation services for families.Β 

Debra was the addiction expert onΒ The Oprah Winfrey ShowΒ forΒ threeΒ seasons and has appeared onΒ The Dr. Oz Show. She is a graduate ofΒ theΒ Ohio State UniversityΒ andΒ ofΒ theΒ HazeldenΒ addictionΒ professionalsΒ trainingΒ program.Β 

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