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A 3 page research paper that discusses the lasting effects on adults of having an alcoholic parent. The writer than utilizes tutorial language to advise a student on relating the cited material to his/her personal experience. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the family members and the children involved (Beesley and Stoltenberg). In his essay, "Under the Influence," author Scott Sanders describes what it was like to have an alcoholic father and
indicates that this legacy can remain with the child of an alcoholic for the rest of his or her life. The following discussion examines this assertion in light of both
empirical evidence and the personal experiences of the student researching this topic. Sanders describes how he would lie in bed at night and listen to his parents quarrel about
his fathers drinking problem. He indicates that he felt overwhelming guilt, as he was certain he was somehow the cause of his fathers pain, which he feels that he could
relieve "by doing all my chores, earning As in school, winning baseball games, fixing the broken washer...(or) bringing in money to fill his empty wallet" (Sanders 118). Although, as an
adult, he realizes that his fathers problem was not his fault or his responsibility, Sanders indicates that its legacy of fear, guilt and anxiety continues to influence his adult cognition.
Empirical evidence verifies that behavior of an alcoholic parent in childhood has lasting effects that follows the child into adulthood. For example, a qualitative study conducted by Camille Hall
with college students as participants who were self-identified as adult children of an alcoholic parent concluded from the study data that these relationships resulted in four common effects: emotionally unavailability;
chaotic home life; lack of communication and emotional distress (Hall 259). One participant commented that there were "two dads" during the students childhood, "...the sober dad, who was quiet,
reserved, and advised me when I had problems" and the "drunken father would come in the house cursing and throwing stuff," who made life miserable and the home chaotic (Hall
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