Not exact matches
Included in the advantages mentioned were the natural entree to the
family, confidentiality of relationship, the fact that there are no fees involved, that many people naturally take their problems to their pastor, and,
most important, that the minister has the dynamic of the Christian faith and fellowship available for helping the
alcoholic.
† No traditional
family lifestyle, boring and feeling «outsider» † Atheists are angry,
alcoholics and committ the
most crime.
The damage to the children varies, depending on a number of factors — the strength of the nonalcoholic parent, the age of the child at the onset of the
most destructive phases of the illness, the nature of the relationship with the
alcoholic parent, and the social class level of the
family.
One of the
most helpful descriptions of the marital problems that beset the
alcoholic family after sobriety and how they can be met, is in the Big Book, Chapter 9, entitled «The Family Afterwards.&
family after sobriety and how they can be met, is in the Big Book, Chapter 9, entitled «The
Family Afterwards.&
Family Afterwards.»
If all the troubles in the
family of an
alcoholic were the direct effects of alcoholism, it would be reasonable to assume that, given a certain period of time after sobriety,
most of these troubles would disappear.
Most important of all, from the standpoint of the
alcoholic and his
family, is the hope engendered by the wonderful success of AA.
This would include
alcoholic beverages, any food or therapeutic product containing the ingredient under examination, grapefruit,
most fruit juices, vegetables such as the mustard green
family (e.g., kale, broccoli, watercress, collard greens, kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, mustard), and charbroiled meats.
And
most of my paranoia was a re-creation of the traumas I had experienced as an unwanted little girl, growing up in an
alcoholic family.
Please Note: this is NOT a complete list •
Alcoholic beverages • Avocado • Bones • Candy and other sugary foods and drinks • Chocolate (all forms) • Coffee, tea and all other forms of caffeine • Fatty foods • Fat trimmings • Garlic • Gum • Macadamia nuts • Milk and other dairy products • Moldy or spoiled foods • Onions, onion powder • Persimmons, Peaches, and Plums • Raisins and grapes • Raw Eggs, Meat and Fish • Salt • Turkey skin (choking hazard) • Yeast dough • Products sweetened with Xylitol Dog Treats to Avoid • Rawhide • Greenies Poisonous Plants These are some the
most common plants • Amaryllis • Autumn Crocus — Colchicum autumnale • Azalea / Rhododendron - Rhododenron spp. • Castor Bean - Ricinus communis • Chrysanthemum - These popular blooms are part of the Compositae
family • Cyclamen - Cylamen - the highest concentration of its toxic component is typically located in the root portion of the plant.
While
most of the children had a father with an AUD (N = 68), six offspring came from
families with an
alcoholic mother, and two adolescents lived in a
family with both parents having an AUD.