Alcoholism and the Family Unit

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Family alcoholism and substance abuse is associated with significant medical and psychosocial problems in children and creates a major disruption in the family institution. This paper shows that children of alcoholics will probably continue the abuse of alcohol and will have a tendency to include usage of other drugs. It also shows that families experiencing alcoholism have higher rates of anxiety, suffer from depression, do not perform well in school, and develop antisocial personality traits.

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"Song (2003) also presented research issued by the National Academy of Sciences that found "20% of eighth-graders and half of high school seniors surveyed last year said they had had a drink in the past month." Almost 30% of the seniors surveyed responded within the past two weeks, that they had at least five drinks at one time. Studies show that adolescents who become intoxicated may exhibit behavior that may result in traffic accidents and also lead to violent crimes. While there are many programs within the schools that are aimed to educate and warn school age children about the hazards of drinking, many of them begin to practice drinking at home because they are comfortable with the presence of alcohol or an alcoholic parent."

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