An example of a full-grown child with a problem-drinking parent is Ronald Reagan, a person with a successful job (he became president of the United States) but a less successful life.

He had a lot of behavioural characteristics typical for such a child: cold and distant, he needed a lot of appreciation and support, was always in search for approval, was sometimes excessive loyal to associates,… This man was a typical example of a child grown up with an alcoholic father. The question is: was it really that harmful? Maybe, he wouldn’t want to be this successful without his drinking father.

Leonie Defauw

05-12-2009 om 00:00 geschreven door english2