"This second edition of It Takes a Family helps families and friends step beyond initial intervention and reinvent their relationships as part of a family recovery team to help their loved one avoid relapse and support sobriety. Through a Structured Family Recovery model, with strategies and exercises designed to create transparency and accountability, family members learn about and address the challenges of enabling, denial, and pain while developing their communication skills and enjoying healthier, happier relationships. With detailed instructions for weekly family meetings--including opening and closing statements, thoughtful discussion topics, suggested readings, and specific assignments--It Takes a Family offers much-needed support to family members and their addicted loved ones as they work together to create and sustain lifelong recovery"-- Provided by publisher.