By Danielle Owen, IIIC Director of Wellness and Education ServicesThe Irish Times noted last year how 'one in ten Irish teenagers says their parents’ drinking affects their own lives in a ‘hugely negative way’ while a quarter of teenagers admit to binge drinking themselves,' according to The National Children’s Consultation survey published in Dec 2010 by the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children' When I review the stories of the hundreds of people I have been privileged to offer counseling to since 2004, I discovered something equally as startling: in a key sample of clients, who attended six or more sessions in the last 3 yrs, 74% of this group noted they had been negatively impacted by at least one of their parents or caregivers alcohol use That’s almost four of every five clientsChildren living in homes where there is parental substance abuse can find life difficult, unpredictable and confusing Read more![]()
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