A Parent's Struggle: Helping Children Understand Alcoholism

Alcohol addiction is an insidious disease. It is a disease that fractures families and harms everyone in the family. It is important for the family and especially the children to know that it is a disease. The family can not cure the alcoholic. The family's love and support can help an alcoholic recognize they need help. There is no cure for alcoholism but understanding it is a disease may help children cope with the family disruptions the disease causes.