Deficits and Strengths Adult Children of Alcoholics

Adult Children of Alcoholics
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Adult Children of Alcoholics
Ann Marie Casiraghi gave a presentation, which was uploaded on Scott Walker YouTube channel on 14th February 2016, on the foundations of the family and how a dysfunctional family impacts on the lives of the children long into adulthood (Ann, 2016). Ann categorizes the families into two types, that is, nurturing or a healthy family and distancing or dysfunctional family. She also discusses in presentation family laws that are common in dysfunctional and how children who grow in such an environment normally respond to them. The presentation also explains the effects of dysfunctional on children, from personal, family and social aspects. She explains the pain that can result from growing up in an alcoholic family ranging from physical, mental, emotional, social to spiritual. She finalizes her presentation by highlighting the hope adult children of alcoholism have and the recovery journey they need to take. The family environment heavily shapes the life of children and the impact can last long into adulthood. Alcoholism completely changes how the family interact and carry its responsibility (Haverfield & Theiss, 2014). It has a great impact on the lives of the children and everyone else in the family and always in results into considerable monetary and emotional cost.
In my opinion, I entirely agree with Ann’s presentation on the family and the impact a dysfunctional family has on children. Families can be clearly grouped depending on their common characteristics as pointed out in Ann’s presentation. Healthy families are normally characterized by mutual respect among family members, honesty and trust for each other, unconditional love, show of leadership, teamwork communication and healthy behaviors. They are also marked by nurturing environment, dedicated quality family time and healthy behaviors. Dysfunctional families on the other hand, as presented by Ann are normally characterized by addiction, system of control, unpredictability, fear, conflict, abuse, desire for perfectionism, poor communication and lack of adve...