Supportive education for children with alcohol-dependent parents

This contribution deals with the influence of addiction in parents on social aspects of their children's lives. Children having a parent with an addiction are at risk of experiencing direct effects, such as parental abuse or neglect, or indirect effects, such as fewer household resources. Previous research indicates that the negative effects of addicted parents may differ depending on the type of addiction the parent has (i.e., alcohol or illicit drug). Alcoholism has many victims but perhaps the most defenseless of them are the children of alcoholics. Instead of their parents being sources of wisdom and nurturing, such children have to survive with adults who are violent, unpredictable, and given to their own impulses and desires. Children of alcoholics face risks of mental health trauma and substance abuse in their own adult years, but whether they make the choices of their parents is a complex issue. Our paper describes the scenario of addiction in the family, its impact on the family and codependence syndrome. The author's priority was to identify the consequences of parent's alcoholism on children's socialization and to describe the influence of alcohol dependence on the children's adult lives. In the conclusion of this article the author offers options of solving this issue caused by codependence.

Dorosłe dzieci alkoholików w oczach mieszkańców Wrocławia

The article is about the image of adult children of alcoholics. The completed research allowed to show the features with which co-dependent people are most often associated. The article also presents the results of tests that were conducted in Wroclaw. The online questionnaire was addressed to people who were raised in alcoholic families and people who come from this type of family. The obtained material made it possible to show the main image variants of adult children of alcoholics.