Posts Tagged ‘parents drinking’
A Parent’s Drinking – A Child’s Adverse Childhood Experiences
A parent’s drinking – a child’s adverse childhood experiences is a connection that’s often missed. Sadly, this missed connection can cause a child to develop an alcohol use disorder or marry someone with an alcohol use disorder or develop a host of physical and emotional ailments that can last a lifetime. As importantly, this connection can…
Read MoreI Hate You and I Love You – Daughter of an Alcoholic
Helping children and adults understand the secondhand drinking (SHD) impacts a child experiences when growing up with a parent’s alcoholism* is essential to helping a child (or an adult child) heal from the SHD-related ACEs s/he likely experienced. Secondhand Drinking (SHD) refers to the negative impacts of a person’s drinking behaviors on others. Drinking behaviors include verbal,…
Read MoreWill You – The Parents – Be Drinking?
Parents drinking – just how far will you go to press the point, “Will you – the parents – be drinking tonight?” Think about it: When our child or teen is planning to spend the night at a friend’s house, we often call the other parent to ask if they’ll be home; to compare stories…
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