"The standard message of addiction literature for decades has been to let addicts ""hit"" ""bottom"" before intervening. Now intervention specialist Debra Jay challenges this belief with a bold new approach that provides a lifeline to families struggling with alcohol or drug abuse. In ""short,"" highly accessible chapters written with warmth and and ""compassion,"" she weaves together philosophical and religious ""thought,"" recent ""science,"" and real-life stories to argue that addiction is everybody's business - not just the addict's - and addiction shouldn't trump a family's welfare."