Posts Tagged ‘child of an alcoholic’
Children of Alcoholics Awareness Week | February 2017
One in four children live in families with a parent addicted to alcohol, according to the National Association of Children of Alcoholics. Unless you have been a child in a home with untreated, unhealthily discussed alcohol misuse, it’s difficult to image what it’s like to be a child in such a home. Devastating. Scary. Shame-filled.…
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Herself an adult child of an alcoholic, award-winning author of Goodbye America, passionate advocate for children of alcoholics and author of Supreme Sacrifice, Rita Malie, shares what it’s like in the following guest post. An Adult Child of an Alcoholic Shares Her Story by Rita Malie When I was born in the 1940’s, there was little…
Read MoreAre You a Child of an Alcoholic?
If you are a child of an alcoholic, you’ll want to read this post – even if you’re not convinced your parent is necessarily an alcoholic, but their drinking and the behaviors that result cause you pain. It is a guest post by Cathy Taughinbaugh, founder of TreatmentTalk.org, and author of the book, “101 Natural…
Read MoreBERT’s PLAN B – Fighting For Control When Growing Up In a Family With Untreated Alcoholism and Depression
The following is a guest post from Monkeytraps: A blog about control, which has two authors: Steve Hauptman, LCSW, and Bert. Steve is a therapist practicing in Mount Sinai, New York, and a Gestaltist and leader of Interactive Therapy groups. He is currently writing a book titled, The Illusion of Control. Bert is Steve’s control-addicted inner monkey. He is in recovery. He…
Read MoreBERT’s PLAN A – Fighting for Control When Growing Up in a Family With Untreated Alcoholism and Depression
The following is a guest post from Monkeytraps: A blog about control, which has two authors: Steve Hauptman, LCSW, and Bert. Steve is a therapist practicing in Mount Sinai, New York, and a Gestaltist and leader of Interactive Therapy groups. He is currently writing a book titled, The Illusion of Control. Bert is Steve’s control-addicted inner monkey. He is…
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