Alcohol Addiction - The Effects on Family Members and Various Coping Strategies and Solutions •
Millions of people around the world suffer from alcohol addiction. Alcohol abuse crosses all social boundaries, affecting both genders, all ethnic groups, and all income levels. Regardless of the alcoholic's social position, the family will surely be negatively affected. This addiction overwhelms both the drinker and the family with self-pity, anxiety, guilt, shame, anger, frustration, self-hatred, and sadness. We have the best alcohol rehabilitation centre in Pune.
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Often, family members cannot understand why a drinker cannot use willpower to stop drinking. However, alcohol dependence has little to do with willpower. Those with addiction are gripped by powerful cravings and uncontrollable urges. This misunderstanding may cause uncertainty and inaction, leaving the family to hope things will get better. But over time the severity of the addiction worsens and family life begins to suffer.
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For example, when an alcohol-dependent parent is not paying attention to the children, neglect is inevitable. Daily caretaking duties are left undone. The sober parent is left with the responsibility to maintain daily routines, and family rituals, as well as holidays and vacations.
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Increasingly, the family arranges its whole life around the alcoholic. Out of love and fear, families of drinkers go to great lengths to cover up -- or control -- destructive drinking patterns. They have a compulsion to keep the family together, at any cost. This is called care-taking, rescuing, and enabling. Family members feel they have no choice but to put up with anger and disrespect and to remain in a