Loving Lions
The Book

Do I Love a Lion? · Chapter preview

Chapter 16 · Family manipulation

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While many family members feel as though they should be able to detect the signs of addiction, and should be able to devise a strategy to combat it once they are aware of it, they are not. As a parent, loving family member, or friend you will always have two strikes against you during every conversation you have with the addicted individual you love.

Strike one:

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Key ideas in this chapter

  • How families are vulnerable to manipulation
  • The two strikes against families in conversations
  • Addiction as an alien parasite controlling the family
  • How manipulation skills outlast addiction
  • The campfire metaphor for addiction resources
"You will always have two strikes against you during every conversation you have with the addicted individual you love."