Sue Scheff: The Parent is the Addict
This is a very interesting article and topic, when the parent is the one that has the addiction. How does this effect the child, especially a teen? ADDICTED PARENTS Source: Connect with Kids “I was afraid when I’d go to school, she’d get drunk and hurt herself, or get behind the wheel, or crash into somebody.” – George Evans, 15, child of recovering alcoholic Every year, the government spends billions of dollars on the war on drugs. Yet, in millions of homes across the country, that battle made even more difficult because kids live with an adult who uses drugs. One such household was George Evans’ home. He used to skip school for days, even weeks at a time, mostly because of his mother. “I was afraid when I’d go to school, she’d get drunk and hurt herself, or get behind the wheel, or crash into somebody,” George remembers. Between Kindergarten and the eighth grade, George missed over four hundred days of school. But as Steve Harris, licensed clinical social worker, explains, “It’s an e...