Family Focus

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Across
  1. 1. it is impossible to talk when a parent is ______________
  2. 3. When a parent or important adult misuses or abuses alcohol or another substance, it can have a profound effect on the whole family, especially on the ______________________
  3. 4. these responsible children try to ensure that the family looks “normal” to the rest of the world. In addition, they often project a personal image of achievement, competence, and responsibility to the outside world.
  4. 5. lack of feeling
  5. 6. helping abuser to avoid the consequences of their behavior.
  6. 9. Even if the adult substance user in your family was not formally _________________, you are probably able to recognize whether alcohol or substance use was, or is, an important influence in your family
  7. 10. tend to have difficulty focusing and making decisions, and have a low tolerance for distress
  8. 11. often choose careers as helping professionals, which can reinforce their tendencies to ignore their own needs.
  9. 14. Substance abuse disrupts the _____________ in a family
  10. 17. have an uncanny ability to sense what others are feeling, at the expense of their own feelings
  11. 18. author who has written extensively about co-dependent adaptations, and many people have found her books to be very helpful
  12. 19. These children learn never to expect or to plan anything, and tend to follow without question.
  13. 22. recovery from codependency involves accepting your _____________
Down
  1. 1. The family is dominated by the co-existence of ________________ and substance use in addictive families
  2. 2. In an effort to hold the family together in the face of difficulties caused by the substance abuse, the family changes its strategies for __________
  3. 3. term that refers to ways in which family members change, in relation to the substance user, in order to cope with the disruption caused by the substance use.
  4. 5. self help group for family members of alcholics
  5. 7. talks about different “roles” that emerge for children in their attempts to make sense of the chaos.
  6. 8. self help group for family members of drug abusers
  7. 12. These people are identified as the “family problem.” They are likely to get into various kinds of trouble, including drug and alcohol abuse, as a way of expressing their anger at the family.
  8. 13. children learn don't ______when they have the inability to express emotions in a dysfunctional family
  9. 15. co-dependents focus on trying to ___________ the abuse of alcohol or drugs
  10. 16. The best way to “move on” is to squarely face the past, its importance, and its meaning for you. Often this means understanding your parents and yourself, so that the healing process can begin.
  11. 20. a child learns don't __________when promises are broken, celebrations cancelled
  12. 21. Claudia Black talks about different ____________that emerge for children in their attempts to make sense of the chaos.
  13. 23. co-dependents lose their sense of self as you take responsibility for another person’s thoughts, feelings, and __________________
  14. 24. children learn don't ______ when keeping the truth about your reality silent