adult children of alcoholics

Adult Children of Alcoholics Meetings

Growing up in a household where the adults around you struggle with substance use disorders can be traumatic and continue to affect you later in life. Younger children might not realize their parents’ behavior is self-destructive, and may unconsciously pick up unhealthy coping mechanisms from imitating what the grown-ups do. Family dysfunctions like communications breakdowns,…

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Can Alcohol Cause Depression

If you have a co-occurring disorder, such as a dependency on alcohol for depression, recovery is sometimes more difficult after a mood disorder treatment program. Depression symptoms can make you consume more alcohol, while alcohol consumption can worsen your depression. So it leaves us asking, can alcohol cause depression? More than 15 million American adults…