Family Life

If you consume alcohol, there may be potential for you to develop problems with your liver, leading to liver cirrhosis. While the amount and...

Codependency is a form of relationship that is common in alcoholic homes. It is often learned in childhood and is a pattern that repeats down the...

It has long been known that adults who were raised in alcoholic homes have certain typical characteristics. These people are called ‘adult...

It's unlikely to sound surprising but studies have shown that children who have alcoholic parents will grow up to suffer deep-seated emotional and...

How much alcohol is too much can depend on who you are, and you could argue, what the circumstances are. Daily, heavy drinking that affects your...

When somebody stops drinking, their family and friends think the problems are over: but it can actually be the beginning of a rocky road, full of...

Living with an alcoholic is generally a rollercoaster of a ride. It’s hard for those around the drinker to understand that actually they can’t help...

For alcoholics, one of the most common factors of the illness is not facing up to it. Pretending there is no drink problem. It might seem incredible...

Alcohol is one of the most frequently used substances by teenagers. But while some of us may think it is simply a stage that kids go through, the...

Whilst alcoholism in its truest form is normally the province of older people, there are an alarming number teenagers and even younger children who...