What does it mean to grow up in an alcoholic home? Do adult children of alcoholics develop certain characteristics as a result? These articles can help unlock the puzzle for adult children of alcoholics.
Did you grow up with a problem drinker? Those who grow up in homes where there is alcohol abuse or alcoholism are sometimes affected in ways they do not even realize.
From your About.com guide, growing up in home with an active alcoholic can effect how a child looks at life and everything in it.
Most children who grew up in families affected by the disease of alcoholism never did really grow up in many ways.
Adult children of alcoholics are people who grew up in a home with at least one alcoholic parent and their lives were profoundly affected by the experience.
It seems almost too simple to be true, but acceptance -- accepting things exactly as they are -- can be the key that unlocks the door to happiness.
From your About.com guide, it seems it would be hard to ignore, but guest columnist Diane Hunter says dsyfunctional families do it all the time!
The official web site for the Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization.
A resource for those who are interested in Dr. Janet Woititz's works in helping those impacted by Alcoholism and other dysfunctional behaviors.
" An excerpt from "Codependent No More" by Melody Beattie.
These 12 promises are listed for members of Adult Children of Alcoholics and/or dysfunctional families.
The Adult Children of Alcoholics 12 steps.
The twelve traditions of Adult Children of Alcoholics.
Tony A. authored the original
Laundry List. It later was adopted as "The Problem" (c) 1984 by the Adult Children of Alcoholics CSB/IWSO in Torrance, California.
From the Adult Children of Alcoholics Central Service Board/Interim World Service Office (c) 1986. And don't forget it.
A family member has a unique perspective on addiction, prevention and treatment, and when that story is shared from the heart, it carries a powerful message.
"In my alcoholic family, there were two choices for relationship styles -- merged or chilling aloneness," writes author Tian Dayton.
