Running head: CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS 1 Children of Alcoholics A Counseling Group Proposal in a High School Setting Ashley Foster & Dan Ladig Ball State University Running head: CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS 2 Introduction Children of alcoholics (COAs) represent a significant portion of the population. It is estimated that 9‚700‚000 children (or 15% of the 66 million children) seventeen years of age or younger are living with an adult diagnosed with alcohol abuse or dependence in the past
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Growing up in an alcoholic family is certainly traumatic. In these homes‚ children experience a daily environment of inconsistency‚ chaos‚ fear‚ abandonment‚ denial‚ and real or potential violence. Survival becomes a full-time job. While most of us know that alcoholism is a disease‚ too few recognize it as a family disease‚ which may emotionally‚ spiritually and often physically‚ affect‚ not only the alcoholic but each member of the family. Little emotional energy remains to consistently fulfill
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Name: Dariga Kassenova Are children of alcoholics more likely to be alcoholics themselves? In answering the question‚ researchers sampled 451 people in Alcoholics Anonymous to see how many would say that one‚ or both‚ of their parents were alcoholics. People in AA used in the study currently attend AA somewhere in Ohio‚ Michigan‚ or Indiana and were asked by people in charge of the local AA programs to volunteer to fill out a survey. The research found that 77 percent of the respondents had at
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In the United States‚ twenty million children are experiencing physical‚ verbal and emotional abuse from parents who are addicted to alcohol. Growing up in an alcoholic house can leave emotional scars that may last a lifetime. This is tragic because we consider that childhood is the foundation on which our entire lives are fabricated. When a child’s efforts to bond with an addicted parent are handicapped‚ the result is confusion and intense anxiety. In order to survive in a home deficient‚ of
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Children of alcoholic parents are not necessarily doomed to a dysfunctional existence. There are many factors that contribute to a positive or negative outcome of a child that was exposed to an alcoholic household. Some children of alcoholics may act more responsible within the family and among friends. They may cope with the alcoholism by becoming overachievers throughout school‚ and at the same time be emotionally isolated from other children and teachers. Their emotional problems may
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Risks of being raised by an alcoholic on children Children in the United states being raised by parent(s) abusing the substance alcohol or alcoholics are at greater risk to experience or witness aggression‚ violence and several forms of neglect from their parent(s). They are at even greater risk to be come alcoholics and substance abuse addicts themselves. Being raised by someone addicted to or abusing alcohol also puts children at risk for emotional issues‚ depression and behavioral problems
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This paper aims toward the children that have been neglected and abused by an alcoholic. Identification of these children is difficult for several reasons‚ the child being embarrassed‚ being ignorant to the fact alcoholism is a disease‚ denial‚ and simply not wanting anyone to know about it. Whether it is the mother or father there is no question that there are large numbers of children that have been severely affected by living in an alcoholic’s home. During the last decade there has been more
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Children Raised by Alcoholic Parents While reading “Who Are the Real Victims of Alcoholism” in my college textbook‚ I could not help but thinking of my own experiences as a child growing up with an alcoholic father. This essay was written by a student named Meredith Newmon Blanco. In her essay‚ she makes several strong claims on how children who are raised by alcoholic parents will grow up facing many troubling obstacles. Some of her examples are physical and emotional abuse‚ lack of structure
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families. Being an alcoholic is one thing‚ but letting the effects of alcoholism affect the lives of others is another. Researchers have found that often time’s children with alcoholic parents are negatively affected on a mental‚ physical‚ and emotional level. There are numerous different disorders that affect children and are related to their parents’ alcohol intake. The research done in this study focuses on the cause and effect relationship alcoholic parents have on their children. Past research reveals
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Life Stressors of Adult Children of Alcoholics Angenette Ferrette Norfolk State University Author Note Angenette Ferrette‚ Department of Urban Education‚ Norfolk State University. Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Angenette Ferrette‚ Department of Urban Education‚ Norfolk State University‚ 700 Park Avenue‚ Norfolk‚ VA 23504. E-mail: a.ferrette@spartans.nsu.edu. Abstract This essays addresses key alcoholic parental behaviors that negatively
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