Addiction is a Disease that Affects the Whole Family
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The effect this has on those closest to them is devastating. Often family members are hurt, distressed and emotionally beaten down by the continued efforts of their addict parent, child, sibling or partner to achieve that next high.
Often incredibly dysfunctional relationships can form within a family unit. Other family members take on additional responsibilities, become more controlling, even enabling an addict’s using as they are at a loss of what to do for the best.
If it is the parent who is struggling with an addiction then children often must take on the role of caregiver, ensuring other family members are fed or that bills are paid on time. Sometimes without the guiding hand of a parent the child will go the other way and skip school, fall into with a bad crowd and get into trouble with the police, even experimenting heavily with drugs themselves increasing their own chances of falling into active addiction later in life.
Parents dealing with a child in addiction can cause other siblings to feel neglected or side-lined as all the time and effort seems to be put into helping or trying to fix the addict, or repairing the damage and chaos caused by the addict. The constant pressure and worry of having an addict in the family can take a terrible toll on other members health.
Often incredibly dysfunctional relationships can form within a family unit. Other family members take on additional responsibilities, become more controlling, even enabling an addict’s using as they are at a loss of what to do for the best.
If it is the parent who is struggling with an addiction then children often must take on the role of caregiver, ensuring other family members are fed or that bills are paid on time. Sometimes without the guiding hand of a parent the child will go the other way and skip school, fall into with a bad crowd and get into trouble with the police, even experimenting heavily with drugs themselves increasing their own chances of falling into active addiction later in life.
Parents dealing with a child in addiction can cause other siblings to feel neglected or side-lined as all the time and effort seems to be put into helping or trying to fix the addict, or repairing the damage and chaos caused by the addict. The constant pressure and worry of having an addict in the family can take a terrible toll on other members health.
Watching the addict self-destruct despite pleading for them to change, the continued strain of not knowing what might come next. This can cause physical symptoms such as sleeplessness, stress and anxiety; this in turn can lead to heart problems, weight and eating problems and all the other more general problems people suffer when run down. Addiction is a disease that disturbs, damages and even destroys whole families.
It is important that an addict gets help when they want it but equally it is just as important that the family around them gets support, help and understanding whilst their loved one is in active addiction and afterwards when they start their journey in recovery.
It is important that an addict gets help when they want it but equally it is just as important that the family around them gets support, help and understanding whilst their loved one is in active addiction and afterwards when they start their journey in recovery.
If you think that you or someone you love might have a problem with drug or alcohol addiction, compulsive behaviour or emotional disorders, reach out and speak to our specialist addiction rehab treatment team on our confidential helpline +34 691 881 422. Immediate admission available.
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