Impact of Alcoholism on Family Dynamics

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Alcoholism and Its effect on Families
43% percent of families have problems with an Alcohol in their family(Family Alcoholism Statistics). Whether they are distant family or close family. Alcoholism is a disease that people fight with day to day for most of their life. It makes it hard on families when family members such as dad or moms have to be split due to the issue. The Amount of families that struggle with this horrible disease keeps growing every year. Families should be more careful with their children, so they don’t grow up to be like those family members that are separated by the family. The effect of Alcoholism can destroy the family and their way of life.

First, how will being an Alcoholic affect the children's view of their …show more content…

For all 17 years of my life alcoholism has affected my life and my families life too. My Grandpa Haringa, who is my mom’s dad, has been an alcoholic for a long time. The first thing that happened my mimi divorced him because he was such a negative influence and was too drunk to be able to have grandchildren. At the time of my birth he wasn’t really there to be with me. When I was growing up I saw him only once but that was within the confines of his front yard. It wasn’t that we didn’t have time to see him because we was close, He lives at the big brick house on our way to church. He wasn’t really there for me when I played sports like my first baseball game or even those games that I play to this day. His brother Herman is more like a Grandpa to me than my real grandpa was. So people just really think that alcohol is the life for them even some people thinking it is more important than their kids and their kids. I remember the first time he talked to me, that I remember, was only a year ago at church on February 9 2014. I remember thinking that who is this dude, because I was ushering that month and he said these words “Can you had me a bulletin”. So then I said sure and after I handed him the Bulletin, My dad started to talk to him and then they didn’t hug or anything and then he walked away. My dad then started to ask me “do you know who that was”. I said I had no clue, so then he started to tell me that was my grandpa. I started to question my dad by saying like are you sure that was him, he said yeah. I went to the restroom and then started to check myself in the mirror because I wanted to make sure that I looked good in front of him. Now my other Grandpa, Tim Laidlaw, who was my dad’s step-dad. He has had a huge problem with alcoholism, I have never seen him or even talked to him, that I remember. He has had health problem with his heart because of his addiction and continues to have health issues. Which proves that families

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