How Does Addiction Impact My Family? The Top 4 Ways

The Top 4: Ways Alcohol or Drug Addiction Impacts the Family

If I have an alcohol or drug addiction, how does it impact my family? No matter who you are, you have family. And though people often talk about alcohol or drug addiction as a “victimless crime,” the true facts are that the real victims are the family members caught in the middle of drug addiction and you. It’s a lie to think that alcohol or other drug use or abuse doesn’t impact your family in some way. In fact, it can have huge consequences for your family. Don’t stay in denial—figure out what you need to do to get drug-free, for your family’s sake if not your own. Click here to learn more about how changing your scenery at rehab can change your life.

Family Health

If one thing is affecting your health, it’s affecting the health of your entire family. From obvious things, like people losing sleep over worrying about someone with an addiction, to something more insidious, like infections passed on that were caught from a needle, alcohol or drug addiction can be disastrous for the health of a family.

Family Relationships

How many times have you found yourself yelling at someone in your family because of alcohol or drug addiction? Do you get more easily upset now that you’re struggling with addiction? Alcohol or drug addiction can put way too much strain on relationships in a family. You can miss out on family quality time while you’re out buying drugs or in a high.

Family Finances

How much do you spend on alcohol or other drugs each month? Alcohol use or other drug dependency are very very expensive habits to have. And it’s a slippery slope, leading too many people to spending more than they can afford on their habits. Are you taking money from family accounts to spend on drugs? Or are you stealing from family members? Drugs have a way of making people do things they normally wouldn’t.

Family Trust and Communication

Can you trust your partner or spouse? What about your kids or your parents? If someone in the family is doing drugs, it’s impossible to maintain family trust. Drug use habits lead to lying.

Drug Rehab to Solve Your Family Problems

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