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For children of alcoholics, family life is a constant state of anxiety. Program helps students living in an alcoholic family understand that they are not the cause of their parent's drinking, nor can they control or cure it. Suggests specific steps such young people can take to make things better for themselves, identifies sources of help.
Richie's father is an alcoholic, but everyone in his family denies it. Angry and ashamed, Richie begins to act out in school. After his guidance counselor helps him talk out his feelings, Richie joins a support group where he can share his problems and get the emotional support he needs.
Abby thinks that if she's very good, her mother will stop drinking. Helped by her guidance counselor to understand alcoholism as a disease she didn't cause and can't control or cure, Abby gradually begins to separate herself from the problem and have her own life and activities. She makes a start by joining the COA group at school.
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~ Recommended by: Quest International: Skills for Adolescence;
~ Recommended by: Booklist; School Library Journal;
~ Recommended by: Landers Film & Video Review;
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~ HONORABLE MENTION, Columbus International Film and Video Festival
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