Alcoholism : Children and the family Society faces problems everyday, however individuals learn to deal with these problems and solve them in the best way they can. One of societies problems thathas plagued human kind for generations and still is left unsolved is the problem of alcohol abuse or Alcoholism. Alcoholism has been called the most serious drug problem in terms of number of victims and cost to society. Why people get hookedand why they betray family values has baffled scientists for years. The cost of thisterrible addiction, unfortunately falls into the hands of the children in the alcoholicfamilies. I chose to address the topic of alcoholism, because it is of interest to me, and because I experienced it in my childhood. This particular topic was not chosen simply because of the fact that I grew up with it, but because I want to hear what research has to offer on the topic. I hope that I will have a better understanding ofalcoholism and why my father drank so much. It hurts to write about it but I feelthat I will grow from this experience. Alcoholism was a part of my life, but I really did not understand what it was allabout. I knew it was an addiction and I knew it was common in society. Beforewriting this paper, I really knew nothing in terms of facts or data related to the topic. All that I knew was that it affected me psychologically because I felt it wasin some way my fault. I thought about it a lot and always tried to put it in the of my mind. That is probably why I knew so little about it, because I didn't wantto. As I started my research on Alcoholism I found that there was extensive information on the topic. Using the University library I collected sources such asbooks, articles, magazines and most of all, articles from the internet. Organizing the information was difficult, but was found to be valuable in the end. In helpingto organize I used a research notebook. So every time I found a new arti...
