I Hate You and I Love You – Daughter of an Alcoholic

secondhand drinking IS childhood trauma

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,…

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Will 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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