My parents are not Alcoholics, though my "family" was a very dysfunctional one as I grew up. It's weird because I recognize things here and there that would lead me to think that they WERE addicts! How weird is that!? I guess I just recognize the huge codependancy issues my mother had / has.
But my grandparents WERE alcoholics, and they died BECAUSE of their disease. They never got sober, and so many people were hugely effected by their behaiors. They had 4 children (my mother was the oldest), and each one has MAJOR issues be cause of the alcoholism, and their OWN codependancy etc. It makes me wonder if Codependancy is a learned trait? Did I learn these coping mechanisms from my own mother? I wouldn't doubt it...
Thanks
Meg