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AllPsych Online: Alcoholism and It's Effect on the Family
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Alcohol affects each member of the family ? from the unborn child to the alcoholic?s spouse. Its far-reaching affects result in not only physical problems for the alcoholics, but also may result in physical and psychological problems for other members of the family. Treatment is complicated and often is not completely successful. Even if the alcoholic himself ultimately reforms, the family members who were so greatly affected may not themselves ever recover from the problems inflicted upon them.