Perfect Daughters
Product Description
Classic text and perennial best-seller expanded and revised. This new edition of Perfect Daughters, a pivotal book in the ACoA movement, identifies what differentiates the adult daughters of alcoholics from other women. When this groundbreaking book first appeared over ten years ago, Dr. Ackerman identified behavior patterns shared by daughters of alcoholics. Adult daughters of alcoholics-”perfect daughters” -operate from a base of harsh and limiting views of themselves and the world. Having learned that they must function perfectly in order to avoid unpleasant situations, these women often assume responsibility for the failures of others. They are drawn to chemically dependent men and are more likely to become addicted themselves. More than just a text that identifies these behavior patterns, this book collects the thoughts, feelings and experiences of twelve hundred perfect daughters, offering readers an opportunity to explore their own life’s dyn… More >>
Un comentario en español. Acabo de terminar de leer este libro, y quisiera recomendarlo. Si estan buscando bibliografia sobre los hijos adultos de alcoholicos este es el libro mas completo que he leido hasta el momento, los problemas los enumera con mucha claridad pero tambien motiva y da las directrices hacia la sanacion. Me gusto mucho el capitulo donde tipifica las diferentes personalidades que pueden desarrollar los hijos de alcoholicos, y dentro de cada una de ellas cuales son son fortalezas y cuales sus debilidades. Es un excelente libro. Me gustaria que el Dr. Ackerman escribiera “Perfect Daughters 2″.
This is a wonderful book for women who grew up in an alcoholic home. Dr. Ackerman has obviously done much research into the subject. He digs into the affects on your life if the alcoholic was a father, mother, or both. I have read this book three different times over the last several years and each time I get new insight. My recent purchases were for a friend and her daughters – all of them grew up in alcoholic homes. I highly recommend this book.
Linda R.
I first started trying to read the book Adult Children of Alcoholics. It just didn’t seem to be me. My sister went to the library and came home with this book. She brought it into my Mother’s house one Sunday and it was the best written book I had read. It seemed to be written just for us. These people were living our lives. This book has given me the tools to get my life on track. Thank you. My baby sister even had to buy herself a copy. We told our counselor she was recommending the wrong book! We told her to start recommending this book!
This is an incredible book, it has hit on so many feelings and things that I, myself have been going through, wish I had know about this book earlier in my life, it would have made things a little easier to cope with, thank you for writing it. It should be shared with everyone whom has had an alcoholic parent.
Excellent book and good guidence to take real action to get passed our childhood bagggage and to start dealing in reality with adult tools and understanding.