Introduction -- Whole and parts -- Origins -- Assumption -- Everyone is impacted -- Learn from listening and watching -- Child focus -- Healthy caring, not enabling -- Families and substance abuse?a brief overview -- Roles -- Rules -- Boundaries -- Family esprit de corps (collective sense of self) -- Structure of family group for families with substance abuse -- Structure -- Recruitment -- Dual diagnosis -- Session length -- Screening -- Process and structure of therapy -- Avoiding resistance -- Locus of control from external to internal -- Confidentiality and legal and ethical issues -- Working with expressive arts -- Working with blended and diverse families -- Group leadership -- Interns -- The curriculum -- Note: A theoretical overview of the clinical implications of each section will precede the activities -- Curriculum section I: Family structure -- Curriculum section II: Family identity -- Curriculum section III: Sober fun -- Curriculum section IV: Toward health -- Curriculum section V: Anger -- Curriculum section VI: Communication -- Curriculum section VII: Parenting.