Children Of Alcoholics
The topic I chose for the research assignment is children of alcoholics. I chose to focus more on the children that are involved in families of alcoholics rather than on the family as a whole, because I felt there would be too much information. Because I grew up in a stable, relatively normal family, I chose to research a topic in which I did not have experience with. The participants that I chose for the interview are people that I know to have problems with parental alcoholism. Both of the interviewees are mature enough to reflect upon their childhood experiences, and are also still dealing with them to a point. The male participant is a friend of my sister, and the female participant is my roommate. I will discuss the research that I have done on children of alcoholics and then I will discuss the interviews.The National Association for Children of Alcoholics reports that there are an estimated 11 million children of alcoholics under the age of eighteen in the United States (“Children of Alcoholism: Important facts”). Additionally the association states that "almost one in every five adult Americans lived with an alcoholic while growing up" (“Children of Alcoholism: Important facts”). These
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Approximate Word count = 3689
Approximate Pages = 15 (250 words per page double spaced)
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