Addict In The Family

A NOTE TO THE READER

While every care has been taken to ensure that the content of this book is accurate, the author and publisher do not accept legal liability for any problems arising from the implementation of the various treatment strategies outlined therein. The high mortality amongst street heroin users means that deaths are occasionally encountered in this field. The aim of this work is to assist family members and others to ease the suffering of those affected by heroin addiction.

by the same author:

"Methadone in the Treatment of Narcotic Addiction"
A guide for those involved in prescribing methadone.

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© Andrew James Byrne 1996

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ADDICT IN THE FAMILY
HOW TO COPE WITH THE LONG HAUL

CONTENTS

Preface by Robert G. Newman, M.D.

Thanks are due to Rosemary Blayney, Bill Brooks, Allan Gill and Anne Love who all assisted in the preparation of this work. My father, John Justinian Byrne, has been the guiding light for most of the medical principles espoused in this small book. He still runs the 'family practice' started by his father, James Michael Byrne, at Ramsgate on Sydney's Botany Bay.

Addict In The Family

ADDICT IN THE FAMILY HOW TO COPE WITH THE LONG HAUL

Preface by Robert G. Newman, M.D.

Introduction:

Chapter One: FINDING OUT

Chapter Two: BUT WHY?

Chapter Three: CAN'T YOU JUST GIVE UP OR SOMETHING?

Chapter Four: OR SOMETHING - Treatment Options

Chapter Five: GETTING OFF METHADONE

Chapter Six: THE LONG HAUL

ADDICT IN THE FAMILY
HOW TO COPE WITH THE LONG HAUL