Jessica Lahey’s family tree hangs heavy under the weight of alcoholism and drug addiction. Despite her determination to thwart her genetic legacy, she became an alcoholic and didn’t find her way out of that downward spiral until her early forties. A teacher who has worked on substance abuse programs for teens, Lahey is a mother of two teenage boys with a quest to inoculate her children against their most dangerous inheritance. But all parents with and without a history of substance abuse face the risk of developing harmful behaviors. What is clear is that the path to addiction begins in childhood, and steps like “just say no” are not enough. THE ADDICTION INOCULATION is a comprehensive resource for what we can do for our children today to prevent addiction tomorrow. Lahey humanizes the studies, theories, and statistics to explain why addiction is much more likely to occur during adolescence and to address who is most at risk.