Did You Grow Up with a Problem Drinker?

Alcoholism is a family disease. Those of us who have lived with  this disease as children sometimes have problems which the Al-Anon program can help us to resolve. If someone close to you has, or has had, a drinking problem, the following questions may help you in determining whether alcoholism affected your childhood or present life, and if Al-Anon is for you.  Check  the questions that you can identify with.  This is a confidential questionnaire, Al-Anon and Alateen are anonymous and no user tracking information is collected by this web site.

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1. Do you constantly seek approval and affirmation?
2. Do you fail to recognize your accomplishments?
3. Do you fear criticism?
4. Do you over extend yourself?
5. Have you had problems with your own compulsive behavior?
6. Do you have a need for perfection?
7. Are you uneasy when your life is going smoothly, continually anticipating problems?
8. Do you feel more alive in the midst of a crisis?
9. Do you still feel responsible for others, as you did for the problem drinker in your life?
10. Do you care for others easily, yet find it difficult to care for yourself?
11. Do you isolate yourself from other people?
12. Do you respond with fear to authority figures and angry people?
13. Do you feel that individuals and society in general are taking advantage of you?
14. Do you have trouble with intimate relationships?
15. Do you confuse pity with love, as you did with the problem drinker?
16. Do you attract and/or seek people who tend to be compulsive and abusive?
17. Do you cling to relationships because you are afraid of being alone?
18. Do you mistrust your own feelings and the feelings expressed by others?
19. Do you find it difficult to identify and express your emotions?
20. Do you think parental drinking may have affected you?
          
 

   

If you answered yes to any of these questions, Al-Anon or Alateen may be able to help you.  You can contact Al-Anon or Alateen in the Austin and surrounding areas by calling the Austin Al-Anon Information Center at 512.441.8591 or in Texas at 888.287.2115, you can locate local meeting information by clicking here.  
    

    


"Did You Grow Up With A Problem Drinker?" (S-25) is reprinted with permission of
 Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA
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