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When a member of a family is addicted to drugs, it can cause various emotional, financial and interpersonal issues within the family unit. The issues caused by addiction vary greatly depending on the intensity and longevity of the addiction, the socioeconomic background of the addict/family, and the role in which the addict plays within the family structure. For example, a primary caregiver or financial contributor (i.e. a father) being an addict will often host a very different set of issues within a family than, let's say, sixteen year old daughter/sibling may have. However, regardless of the role of the addict within the family, issues of addiction can be challenging and stressful for any family.
A prevalent issue within families where addiction affects a sibling/child is the inability of other siblings/children to receive the proper attention they need from parents in order to have successful developmental patterns. For example, the non-addict sibling may receive less positive attention or motivation because the parents are more acutely focused of the child that is addicted to drugs or alcohol.
Addicted siblings may cause a host of problems due to erratic behavior (screaming or arguing when it is not appropriate or being unnecessarily mean to other family members), unwarranted violent outbursts, stealing money or items to use to get drugs, and/or shutting out people close to them in order to hide their addiction. Furthermore, addicts can often develop other psychological conditions in response to long-term addiction such as paranoia, bi-polar disorder, anxiety disorder, amongst others. It is important to note that many addicts may already have a psychological disorder which can encourage addiction and drug use as a way to "self medicate".
If you or someone you love has a drug problem, it is important you contact a drug addiction specialist and seek out help. Drug addiction can potentially ruin lives, careers, marriages - and can even kill the addict.
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