have you ready any of these books? are you an adult child of an alcoholic? what role did you play in your family? even if your parent/s don't drink anymore, do they still have the attitude of an alcoholic?
2006-08-25 13:34:21 · 5 answers · asked by .*AnNa*. 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
i played the part of the scapegoat...
2006-08-25 13:34:44 · update #1
thanks for the suggestion mochi.girl right now i am finishing the book "healing for adult children of alcoholics". i'm 20 and have my own family now (6 month old and husband) and feel that i need to move past all this and stop letting it destroy me. unfortunately i don't think i'll ever be able to talk to my dad again. no longer drinks but he's crazy.
2006-08-25 18:04:30 · update #2
great book is "life skills for adult children" written by janet
geringer woititz and alan garner
I was assigned the role of the scapegoat by my family members
and I am an adult child of an alcoholic
2006-08-25 17:50:54 · answer #1 · answered by mochi.girl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am an alcoholic and a child of an alcoholic. The role I played is difficult to describe. I was mean and nasty, but then I became one and finally understood what it was all about. Obsessive behavior and to not being able to stop drinking. My dad has passed away so I don't know what his attitude would have been because he could never give it up as I have done.
2006-08-25 13:54:35 · answer #2 · answered by Pat M. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i havent read any of those books. but i am an adult child of a father who was a bad alcoholic. he died at the age of 46 from liver disease,,,and i watched him suffer to the very end,,,,he still managed to drink even though he couldnt stnad up for long and would fall down,,,,he also bled from the mouth ears and cough up clots of blood. i wasnt even sorry he passed away because he made our lives a living hell!!!! i turned out being that i cant stand to drink and i hate being around anyone who cant handle it. makes me sick. its a sickness ya but i dont feel sorry for them.
2006-08-25 13:43:19 · answer #3 · answered by michelle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I AM JUST GETTING INTO ALANON & BOTH OF MY PARENTS WERE ALCOHOLICS...WELL...ONE STILL IS...I WAS AN ALCOHOLIC...& THE MAJORITY OF MY FAMILY IS ADDICTED TO SOME KIND OF SUBSTANCE...I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE TERM IS FOR MY ROLE...BUT I WAS THE PARENT & THE SCAPEGOAT & WHATEVER ELSE THEY SAID I WAS !!!
NOW I HAVE A LOT OF MENTAL PROBLEMS FROM MY EXPERIENCES (LIKE O.C.D. FOR ONE.) AND I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH LIFE !!!
2006-08-25 15:00:28 · answer #4 · answered by ♥ NIKKI .♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I played the role of escape goat with my father up until he passed away . But I have read and experienced alot of what they said in these books for several years.
2006-08-25 14:04:33 · answer #5 · answered by skyelark 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋