Alcoholism is among the most rampant types of dependency. Despite the advancements in areas such as medicine and technology, alcohol addiction remains a difficult problem to solve. Even the latest medications and cutting-edge treatments often fall short. The world of substance-abuse recovery struggles with alcoholism in many of the ways it did decades ago.
Ideally, pregnancy should be joyful and exciting. In many cases, however, addiction compromises the health and well-being of women and their fetuses. Chemical dependency is chronic, with all sorts of dangerous effects. The likelihood of mental health issues, which often accompany addiction, further complicate matters.
One of the saddest things about addiction is what it does to everyone around the addict, not just the addict as an individual. For loved ones, watching the addict’s bad choices and self-inflicted damage is both painful and exhausting – if not also dangerous to them as well. Family and friends are forced to walk the fine line between caring for the addict and not getting drawn into their self-destructive spiral.
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