Inter-generational trauma affects many people. Whether it results from the distant family trauma of slavery, or the more recent trauma of having suffered childhood abuse, or of a parent needing to flee his or her country of origin --- the impact on the next or subsequent generations can be profound. Helen Fremont movingly writes about her experience as the child of Holocaust survivors in her memoir The Escape Artist. She describes how the silence and mystery of her parents' experiences profoundly affected her and her sister. I recommend it highly.
CRYSTAL METH AND RECOVERY
I’ve recently been fortunate to have a book recommended to me: Lust, Men, and Meth: A Gay Man’s Guide to Sex and Recovery, by David Fawcett, Ph.D. If you are struggling with crystal meth, are a therapist working with a patient who has a meth addiction, or want to understand a friend or family member who is in the grips of this addiction — then this book is essential reading. Fawcett explores the methamphetamine crisis from both a psychological and sociological perspective. He has a deep understanding of the causes of this addiction, the pain it creates, and the steps towards recovery. I couldn’t recommend a book more highly.