This is very informative, Morning Glory. I must admit, I did not know much about RR's point of view until I read this. I am not sure I agree with it 100%, but there is some important truth there.
Of course the hard thing is when "the family simply confronts the addicted member with a choice between addiction and family membership" and the addict chooses addiction instead of family membership. That's a nice easy statement to write, but in reality it sums up the big gaping hole of craziness that so many of us have had to deal with in our lives because of addiction.
Thanks again for posting this.