Children of Addicted Parents and People

When someone becomes addicted to drugs and alcohol in a family, the family can often end up spending a lot of time and energy thinking about the person and their drug and alcohol use. When this happens, it may impact on the family in a bad way.

Family members may be hurt when the addict refuses their help and care. This will often cause the family to try even harder to get the addict to recognise that they have a problem. But the harder they try, the worse it often gets.