Effects of Growing Up With an Alcoholic Parent Growing up with an alcoholic parent can be devastating for impressionable children. Those young children eventually grow up to be adults that can sometimes struggle to make sense of their place in a family...
Many people that meet the criteria for alcoholism can function so effectively that they stay under the radar for years. High functioning alcoholics can be anyone; a parent, teacher, employer, efficient co-worker, grandparents or even your teenage son or daughter. Â Although there...
Accepting the fact that you are an alcoholic and admitting it to others is a life-changing experience. Deciding that you finally want to stop drinking and begin a treatment program to get sober is the first step in healing and recovery from...
For most of my life I’ve been whom I thought people would like. Everything about me, from the color of my hair to the clothes I wore to the way I partied was done in the “socially acceptable” fashion. But last night...
Surviving alcohol addiction is quite a journey. It takes strength. It takes courage. It takes motivation. It takes love. It takes support. I could go on and on, but the point is: it is NOT an easy journey. Anyone on this journey...
