Loved One in Treatment? Now What! offers a F first-of-its-kind handbook for family members and friends navigating the path of a loved one's substance abuse, addiction, treatment, and recovery. This book combines the most current brain and addiction-related research with the author's 40 years of experience coping with family alcoholism and alcohol abuse, giving readers the answers they are looking for and easing the pain and confusion that accompany a loved one's destructive behavior. What makes Frederiksen's book especially unique is her explanation of second-hand drinking/drugging (SHDD), namely the impact that one person's substance misuse can have on others-how it happens, how it can be reversed, and how family members and friends can live productive lives, regardless of what their loved one does. Using easy-to-understand explanations of the latest research and graphically depicting the effect of substance misuse on the brain (thanks to advances in brain imaging technologies), Loved One In Treatment? Now What! answers additional questions, such as: * How can addiction be a brain disease? * What causes addiction? * Why do some people become addicts/alcoholics and others do not? * What is "effective" treatment? * Is there a difference between treatment and recovery? * Who among family members and friends can help a loved one get treatment? Or can they? * What does coping with a loved one's addiction do to family members and friends, and what is available to help them?.