{"product_id":"addiction-affliction-george-markwardt-9798242225664","title":"Addiction Affliction: A Non-User's Handbook for Healing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAddiction Affliction: A Non-User's Handbook for Healing \u003c\/b\u003egives voice to those who love someone with addiction-and are quietly consumed by it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile most addiction narratives focus on the person using, this book turns its attention to the partners, parents, and loved ones who absorb the emotional, financial, and psychological fallout. Through clear-eyed analysis and deeply realistic composite examples, \u003ci\u003eAddiction Affliction\u003c\/i\u003e explores how addiction erodes reality, normalizes deceit, manufactures codependency, and quietly transfers responsibility to the people who stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about blame. It does not deny addiction as a disease. Instead, it examines how the language of disease is often misused to negotiate boundaries, excuse harm, and silence those living beside addiction. With honesty and restraint, George Markwardt dismantles the myths that keep non-users trapped in cycles of hope, guilt, and self-erasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for those who have waited, endured, and sacrificed, \u003ci\u003eAddiction Affliction\u003c\/i\u003e offers validation without cruelty-and clarity without illusion. It affirms a truth rarely spoken aloud: loving someone with addiction does not require losing yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Markwardt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798242225664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"George Markwardt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48089535938815,"sku":"9798242225664","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a1ae9b54-4fe0-44cb-85ec-a89131eb8174.jpg?v=1769110881","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/addiction-affliction-george-markwardt-9798242225664","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}