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Życie dorosłych dzieci alkoholików
Overcoming destructive patterns of family environment by Adult Children of Alcoholics

Author(s): Diana Borodziuk
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: dysfunctional family; adult children of alcoholics; life strategies; spiritual development; therapy

Summary/Abstract: In times of family crisis, the author indicates the similarities between an alcoholic family and a family in crisis caused by contemporary social changes. The experience of being raised in a family with alcohol problem can provoke specific changes in the structure of personality and emotional dysfunctions referred to as Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA) Syndrome. This paper presents a description of ACOA and life strategies they adopt. According to the author, various forms of ACOA support can be useful in therapy and in the process of self-development of people brought up in dysfunctional families.

  • Issue Year: 12/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 79-93
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish