Denial is commonly used to describe the attitude of both the addicted person and family members who do not acknowledge an addiction exists. The addict’s denial may take the form of blaming others for their alcohol or drug abuse, or blaming an event or situation that they claim causes them to drink. Family members may minimize the drinking and drug abuse or write it off as just having some fun or blowing off steam. Generally as addiction progresses and more negative consequences ensue it becomes more difficult to deny there is a problem.
When one family member is addicted, everyone in the family knows what’s going on, but nobody wants to address it. While this may not be the case to begin with, as the addiction progresses, there’s no hiding the damage from the consequences that pile up. More than likely, others outside the family are aware there’s [...]
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