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Finding Compassion, Help and Hope for Parents of Young
People Struggling with Addiction
Helen Troy-Duncan, PsyD, LP
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The Path of Addiction in Families
The Addiction Becomes Apparent
Dealing with the ProblemRecovery
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Adolescence and Young Adulthood
•Independence
•Authority
•Power
•Agreeing on what the problem is
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Going thru the Normal Stages
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Things Start to Fall Apart
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School
Performance
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The Addiction Becomes Apparent
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Facing the Risks and Realities
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The Costs to Parents
• Physical Health
• Stress
• Job
• Relationships
• Mental Health
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The Cultural Stigma of Addiction
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“To have a chemically dependent child is even more
threatening to a parent’s self esteem than to have a
dependent spouse. When a husband is alcoholic, society
holds him responsible; when a child is alcoholic, society
blames the parents.
-Wegscheider, 1981
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The Effects of Cultural Stigma
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Dealing with the Problem
Trying to keep the wheels on the bus
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Parenting
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Addiction Context
Addictive Behavior
Parenting Tactics
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Complementary Behavior Patterns
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Fuzzy Emotional Boundaries (Enmeshment)
Over-functioning vs. Under-functioning (Enabling)
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Complementary Behavior Patterns
13Reactive Interactions
“Cat and Mouse” Chase
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Triangulation
• Persecutor- “more control or punishment is needed to fight the addiction”
• Protector: “more love or nurturing will fix the addiction”
• Blamer “It’s ________’s fault”
Persecutor
Blamer
Protector
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Parallel Process: Parent’s Drug of Choice is the Addicted Child
• Denial: “I don’t have a problem”
• Blaming parents and society
• Emotional rollercoaster
• Emotionally stunted or immature
• Loss of trust in self, others
• Irrational actions
• Poor cognitive functioning
• Fear of letting go of the drug
Adolescent
• Denial: “It’s just a phase”
• Blaming self, “bad friends”
• Emotional rollercoaster
• Parents not acting in age appropriate roles
• Loss of trust in the addict, self
• Irrational actions
• Poor cognitive functioning
• Fear of letting go of the addict
Family Member
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Family recovery requires a paradigm shift……
• I’m responsible for my adolescent’s actions. I need to find the right answer and then everything will be okay.
• I’m supposed to protect my adolescent
• Society holds me accountable by reinforcing these beliefs
Old Paradigm• I can only be responsible for my
own actions
• I will support and guide my adolescent. I cannot protect or control them
• I will set clear expectations and hold my child accountable for his or her choices
New Paradigm
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Filters for parents
• How do I want my household to be?
• How do I want to use my assets?
• Role models effective parenting and good boundaries
Recovery Filter
• How do I keep my adolescent sober or alive?
• Fuels chaos, robs adolescent of opportunities to learn and implies they are not capable
Relapse Filter
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What can Parents do?
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Partner with Others
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What can Parents do?
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Make room for
your experience
Find help to Support
your efforts to
change
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Questions?
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