Can your children bring friends home? Or could you not?
Did you feel alone in a crowd. Is a parent's drinking putting a strain on the family budget. How afraid do you feel when something kicks off ? Are you attracted to dysfunctional relationships? Is your home life chaotic?
In the UK it is estimated that 8% of males and 5% of females are alcoholics. It is therefore a widespread problem, most people will know an alcoholic but alcoholism causes stigma for a family and isolation.
In the UK it is estimated that 8% of males and 5% of females are alcoholics. It is therefore a widespread problem, most people will know an alcoholic but alcoholism causes stigma for a family and isolation.
12 step programmes can help both an alcoholic and friends and families affected by another person's addiction. Alcoholism is commonly seen as a disease , the alcoholic does not want to drink as they do. There is no condemnation within the 12 step programmes just people want to share what worked for them.
The programmes can change the generational "curse" of addiction.
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