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Question by B shavon: my dad is in alcoholics anonymous&i would like2start a group4 kids who have alcoholic parents what do u think?
my dad had always been an alcoholic and i had a really bad childhood, but now he is better and is in alcoholics anonymous. i was thinking it would be nice to start a group for kids whose parents are alcoholics and it would be more of a venting or talking about how you feel kind of thing…but i want to see if i’m on to something so let me know!
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Answer by lindsey_moore_8807
I think that this is a great idea. Any group that can help kids deal with issues is a good thing.
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i think that is a brilliant idea! we have something in my town like that, only it’s for all family members of addicts.
but i think it’s really cool to have a group just for kids – that way kids aren’t scared to voice their opinions and say how it makes them feel.
go for it! GREAT IDEA!
See if there is an Al-Anon or Alateen group in your area. Those are support groups for families of alcoholics.
http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/english.html
My ex husband and I divorced over him being an alcoholic. Luckily my daughter was only 2 so side effects weren’t there, but if she was older, I wish they would have something around for her to attendand discuss her emotions with. I didn’t grow up with alcohol in thehouse so it w ould have been harder for me to know what she would have been going through
There already is one. It’s called AlaTeen. Check and see if there is one in your area or at your school.
There are already groups for kids like you:
http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/
It is a good idea, you’re just not the first person who thought of it!
i think that that would be awesome and it would def help a lot of kids out there who are in need of hope to know that someone else even if its a complete stranger that do care about them if you do start something id love to help you and be a part of it if you dont mind you can email or im me lamourenvol18
this is a really good idea! i grew up in an alcoholic family. sadly my father would sober up and go to meetings only to slip back into his old habits. he died a few years ago and the one thing i wish was that i had of had someone to talk to. it’s weird how things are secrative in an alcoholic home to the point even distant relatives have no idea what is going on. It helps to have a place where you can vent and i wish i would have had that offered to me. Good luck with it and i really pray it all goes well.
There are Alanon/Alateen meetings but I think that it’s a great idea for kids of alcoholic parents to have somewhere to go. I wish I had gone when I was younger. Maybe, just maybe, I, myself, wouldn’t have turned out to be an alcoholic.