Dont Let Your Kids Kill You, Charles Rubin
Dont Let Your Kids Kill You, Charles Rubin
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Don't Let Your Kids Kill You
A Guide for Parents of Drug and Alcohol Addicted Children

Author: Charles Rubin

Narrator: Tom Zingarelli

Unabridged: 4 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/27/2016


Synopsis

When kids turn to substance abuse, parents also become victims as they watch their children transform into irrational and antisocial individuals. This harrowing scenario finds parents buckling beneath the stress, often with catastrophic consequences: divorce, career upsets, breakdowns . . . and worse.

Don't Let Your Kids Kill You is a landmark work that dares to focus on the plight of the confused, distressed parent and not the erring child. It sets aside any preconceived ideas that parents are to blame for what is essentially a full-blown global crisis. Drawing on interviews with parents who have survived the heartbreak of kids on drugs, combined with his own experience, Charles Rubin provides practical advice on how parents can help themselves and their families by first attending to their own needs.

About Charles Rubin

Charles Rubin, a Clio Award-winning writer and producer, has been the subject of many television interviews on CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, and the BBC. His books include Hard Sell and 4-F Blues: A Novel of WWII Hollywood.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bobbi on August 11, 2014

This book reassures the parent with a drug or alcohol addicted child that it is OK to set boundaries, to detach and to take care of yourself. When your child is a legal adult, they are making their own choices--yes it is a disease, however, it is a disease with choices. It is amazing to read scenari......more

Goodreads review by Janet McDaniel on April 29, 2017

Addiction I really like your book. I'm a 63 year old grandmother whose 40 yrs old daughter is addicted to drugs. Your book made me feel so much better about myself. I am hoping to adopt my two grandchildren who have been through hell. My husband and I have done so much for my daughter. It didn't help......more

Goodreads review by Dina on April 02, 2023

I heard about this book in a group counseling session. The person sharing it's value claims she has to buy it repeatedly because she ends up giving them away to others. I ordered it immediately. It is the best book I've read on dealing with drug and alcohol addicted children. My new Bible. I intend......more

Goodreads review by Jeffery on August 25, 2018

This is a useful book for those parents or grandparents of adult children who are addicts. Rubin is straightforward about his experience as a father of two drug addicts, and all the pain, drama, manipulations and false hopes that such a life involves. He has counseled with many others in the same po......more

Goodreads review by Teresa Downer on October 29, 2019

VERY HELPFUL This was the most helpful and real information I could find. When you are dealing with your child on drugs, you feel helpless and have no clue on what you should do. This book explains what you should do, and even more importantly, what you should not do. I wish I had read this a long ti......more