My dad, my uncle, and I all have addiction issues that we've handled completely differently across our three generations — AA, therapy, white-knuckling it — and family gatherings are tense because we're all triggered by each other's approaches to sobriety and recovery.
More people experience this than they realize.
Inherited patterns of addiction create family dynamics where different recovery approaches become sources of judgment rather than mutual learning.
“Where Are You with Men's health through life stages?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.