Children of Alcoholics and Addicts Week -- February 12-18, 2012
1/24/12 -- Please note we are continuing to add additional information to this page.
Some Quick Facts:
- Approximately one in five children is exposed to family alcoholism or addiction, or alcohol abuse before the age of 18.
- Children of alcoholics are at a greater risk for having emotional problems than children whose parents are not addicts.
- Alcoholism runs in families, and children of alcoholics are four times more likely than other children to become alcoholics themselves.









