Same House, Different Homes: Why Adult Children of Alcoholics Are Not All the Same

by Robert J. Ackerman, Robert Acherman

Same House, Different Why Adult Children of Alcoholics Are Not All the Same (View amazon detail page) 0932194435

55 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1987

About the author

Dr. Robert J. Ackerman is Professor Emeritus from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the previous Director of the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Research and Training Institute. He is co-founder of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics. He is the previous Editor of Counselor: The Magazine for Addiction and Behavioral Health Professionals and currently is the Chair of the Advisory Board.

Reviews

[Bekki · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an excellent book and helped me understand the dynamics with my sisters. I read this book back in the 1980's. I gave it away. I wish I still had it.

[Krysta Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A couple of days a go I read this book and it was very mind lifting. It's a quick read about the feelings of adult children who grew up with alcoholic parents. I recommend this book to anyone who is an adult child of an alcoholic, somebody who wants to do research over this topic or somebody who just wants to learn about it. I found it very helpful in my own life, helping me understand why I feel the way I do and act the way I do because I grew up with a father who was an attic. This book isn't to understand why parents become attics, but to understand the actions and feelings of adult children.