![]() ![]() They didn’t intentionally set out to make us addicted to alcohol, opiates or meth. Second, our parents were hurting cowboys and cowgirls too. On top of that we are raised and conditioned by imperfect parents. We are imperfect because different parts of our brain want different things, we are internally conflicted, and most of our behavior arises from unconscious factors. First we have to acknowledge and accept that all human beings (us included) are imperfect. In dealing with blame two things are very important. They are also likely to blame themselves because they were not able to resist parental influence. Children who grow up to be alcoholics or drug addicts almost always find fault with their parents and blame them. One of the biggest, if not the biggest, factor in perpetuation of intergenerational substance abuse is blame. How to stop the intergenerational pattern of substance abuse Parents with PTSD have great difficulty bonding in a stable, affectionate way with their children and this causes failure to attach along with emotional dysregulation. Whole groups of people like war refugees, internment camp survivors (like Japanese Americans during WWII), Holocaust survivors, and US soldiers deployed in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan are prone to PTSD which they can pass along to their children.Ī parent with PTSD projects his many fears and his anger onto his child who absorbs them like a sponge. Those who were abused by parents are very likely to abuse their children unless they seek and receive psychological treatment. Physical and sexual abuse runs across the generations in some families. Clearly they have reasons to be suspicious, irritable, and angry and to use substances to cope. Misery and hopelessness have settled like a thick fog on generations of Native Americans and Inuit. These people had their land, culture, religion, language, and hunting and fishing rights forcibly taken from them. The groups with the highest rates of substance abuse are Native Americans in the lower 48 states and Inuits in Alaska. Trauma affecting one’s ancestors giving rise to intergenerational PTSD accompanied by self-medication with substance abuse. This belief can be formed by observing a parent even before an individual first tries substances. Social learning through modeling of substance abuse by one or both parentsīelief that use of substances has positive effects. What are the factors involved in intergenerational transmission? ![]() Right now 12% of children nationwide live with a parent who is dependent upon substances. Often a pattern of intergenerational use of substances to regulate chaotic emotions or cope with stress is seen. Numerous scientific studies demonstrate that addiction is more likely in a child reared in a family where mother or father uses substances. Diagramming Intergeneration Transmission of Substance Abuse CatalystsĪddiction does not arise in a vacuum. ![]()
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