The Dangers Of Adult Children Of Alcoholics - 1772 Words

The primary goal of this paper is to challenge the belief that adult children of alcoholics tend to abuse alcohol as the result of bio-genetic composition, and to show instead the evidence that the unpredictable home environment in which alcoholics grow up may be responsible. I will also review the risk for alcohol abuse among and how growing up in a chaotic family environment affect adult children of alcoholics. Families with either one or two parents alcoholic they home life is in consist turmoil. They often have rules the children must follow and lack parental guidance. The children also to do not develop healthy coping skills and tend to be at risk of becoming alcoholic themselves due to their home environment. This kind of†¦show more content†¦During our class of addiction we talk about the role that each person play in the family in regards to addiction. According to the chemically dependent family model we have C.P. person, Hero, Mascot, Enabler, Scape Goat and Lost Child Passive adult each of them has issues that they are struggling within themselves. When doing family therapy for family with alcohol addiction you will see and understand this model. After reading Drinking A Love Story by Caroline Knapp this story sound so familiar. Caroline reports that she had her first drink at age 14. She does not know when or how it got away from her and she began drinking all the time. Caroline knew that her drinking had become serious problems and she really wanted to quit but, it was hard. One of the reasons it was hard for her to quit she love the way drinking made her feel and â€Å"its special power of deflection† (A Lover Story by Caroline Knapp pg 5). She could not stop drinking she was in love with alcohol and they had a very good relationship that she was not ready to let go. She could not imagine living without alcohol because it has been a part of her life for so long. She really goes into detail about her drinking and the quilt and embarrassment the next morning along with a hangover. The book also talk about her going to different place talking about her addiction