“Spouses, children, and parents who witness a family member struggling with addiction experience emotional damage, as well as financial, legal, medical, and other consequences.”
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Addictions are moderately to highly heritable. Family, adoption, and twin studies reveal that an individual’s risk tends to be proportional to the degree of genetic relationship to an addicted relative.
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While addiction is a family disease, it doesn't mean all is lost. There are ways to avoid it and to seek help for all members of the family that is impacted.
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Children of parents with drug problems have a higher chance of developing an addiction, but that doesn’t mean they’re doomed. Addiction can be avoided!
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Can anyone in recovery help me get through day 1? It seems impossible for me to make it through a day successfully (been trying daily for months and things are only getting worse 😖) 🙏 #RecoveryPosse