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Adult children of relatives of parent acoholics are people too.  You may even have some in your family, kind of like a black sheep.  They often are extremely loyal, even in the face of evidence that loyalty is undeserved.

They tend to lock themselves into a course of action without giving serious consideration to alternative behaviors or possible consequences. This impulsivity leads to confusion, self loathing, and loss of control of their environment. As a result, they spend tremendous amounts of time cleaning up the mess.

 

These characteristics are, of course, general in nature and do not apply to everyone. Some may apply and others not. And there are still other characteristics which are not on this list. But if any of these sound all too familiar, you may benefit by learning more about the phenomenon.

 

They are often aware of proven coping methods that doctors and drug companies won't tell you about.  They know how to run games on you and milk the system.

 

Care must be taken to avoid becoming an enabler enabeling them to continue their sick behavior.