LONGWOOD, FL- Alcoholism, illegal drug use, prescription drug abuse-addicts deal with these disorders on a daily basis. But what about the unfortunate, significant others who are in relationships with the addicts? In The Baby King Must Die! Every Negative Thing You Have Always Wanted to Know About Addicts and Addiction... But Were too Afraid to Ask (paperback, 978-1-60477-062-9; hardcover, 978-1-60477-063-6), Robert W. Fuller provides addicts, counselors, and laypeople, especially codependents, with insight into the complicated lives of addicts and the selfish brains that produce erratic behavior that cannot be turned off with demands, threats, or pleadings by loved ones or law enforcement.
"I came from a dysfunctional family of 'father-to-son alcoholism' that affected three out of five siblings. All of my father's brothers and sisters were dysfunctional alcoholics and died prematurely from this disease, while passing it on to their children," says Fuller. "I lived with and among dysfunctional addicts all of my life. I know addicts, their strengths and weaknesses, their underhanded tricks and lies, and have been successful in treating them."
Because of brain damage caused by heavy drug and alcohol abuse, which was largely unrecognized until recently, the hope of recovery for genuine addicts is extremely remote, Fuller says. In his book, he presents a clear understanding of new scientific evidence on how addiction occurs, so that society in general, and young people in particular, will be able to avoid addiction through abstinence. The author highlights both the foolishness of addicts and the ignorance of those who try to deal with them-usually unsuccessfully-and reveals the truth about the hundreds of millions of dollars spent annually on treating addicts, with few ever getting or remaining clean and sober.
Robert W. Fuller has a bachelor's degree in biblical studies from Abilene Christian University and a master's in education and counseling from North Texas University. He is a licensed chemical dependency counselor, working in residential, outpatient, and criminal justice facilities. He has been a sober member of Alcoholics Anonymous for 32 years.
Xulon Press, a part of Salem Communications Corporation, is the world's largest Christian publisher, with more than 3,900 titles published to date. Retailers may order The Baby King Must Die! through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors. Salem Communications is the country's leading Christian communications company with interests in radio, Internet, and magazine publishing.
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2007