Ministry Division of Adult Children of Alcoholic Families
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Children of alcoholics often reach adulthood experiencing a variety of psycho-spiritual problems. Such adults usually do not possess adequate memories to explain the endless cycles of anger, self-hate, relationship dysfunctions, and self-sabotaging lifestyles. In fact, these struggling survivors who grew-up within home environments with alcoholic parents seldom realize that their unhappy lives are the indirect result of deep subconscious and interactive self-destructive programming.
National statistics scream out some alarming facts regarding this mushrooming epidemic. An estimated 28 million Americans have at least one alcoholic parent. More than half of all alcoholics have at least one alcoholic parent. One in three families report alcohol abuse by a family member and amazingly, more than 90% of all child abuse cases reveal that alcohol is a significant factor.
Common Characteristics
of Adult Children of Alcoholic Families
Here are some staggering characteristics that most children of alcoholic families share throughout life and just do not know it. See how many that applies to your life today by writing 'yes' beside each:
1. Many children of alcoholics have difficulty completing projects.
2. Adult children of alcoholics harshly judge themselves without mercy.
3. Adult children of alcoholics seldom know how to have fun in life.
4. Adult children of alcoholics usually take themselves to seriously.
5. Adult children of alcoholics have major difficulty with interpersonal relationships.
6. Adult children of alcoholics constantly seek approval and affirmation.
7. Adult children of alcoholics are either super responsible or super irresponsible.
8. Adult children of alcoholics are extremely loyal even in the face of evidence that warrants otherwise.
9. Adult children of alcoholics look for immediate gratification rather than deferred gratification.
10. Adult children of alcoholics lock themselves in a course of action before considering all possible consequences.
11. Adult children of alcoholics suffer with major fear of failure but will sabotage their chances of success.
12. Adult children of alcoholics seek tension and crisis but then will complain about it.
13. Adult children of alcoholics rarely deal with conflict; however, they often will aggravate it or avoid it.
14. Adult children of alcoholics fear criticism and judgment, yet they will judge and criticize others.
15. Adult children of alcoholics struggle with time management and setting priorities that work for them.
16. Many children of alcoholics develop dependent personalities and are terrified of abandonment. They will do almost anything to keep from loosing someone in a relationship.
17. Adult children of alcoholics are uneasy around people, especially around authority figures. They tend to become isolationists in life.
18. Adult children of alcoholics usually try to be people pleasers while loosing their own identity in the process. They will often neglect their own needs in the process of pleasing others.
19. Adult children of alcoholics may feel guilt if they try to stand up for their own rights.
20. Adult children of alcoholics often become reactors to others instead of actors by letting others usually take the initative.
21. Adult children of alcoholics willl often marry, or choose in a relationship, an another alcoholic or someone who has a compulsive personality and who is also insecure in relationships.
Want To Know YOUR Personal Impact Score?
You can ask yourself how many of the common characteristics listed below apply to your life. Just answer yes to each one that applies to you. See how many YES answers you indicate. Then, count the 'total number' of YES answers. Any score above 60% is a strong indicator that your childhood may still be subsconsciusly impacting your life today in many ways.
IMPACT INDICATOR
If you said YES to (14 -15 out of 21) YOUR SCORE is = 67-71%. You scored in the 'borderline' impact range and should assess areas of current struggles in your life.
If you said YES to (16 -17 out of 21) YOUR SCORE is = 76-80%. You scored in the moderate range and should look into getting psycho-spiritual help for sel;f-destructive programming.
If you said YES to (18 plus out of 21) YOUR SCORE is = above 81%. Your score suggest that you are currently impacted in several areas of your life and you should seek copetent assistance for trauma-based soul bondage.
(If you scored 81% or above, you seriously should consider seeking immediate competent help).
Ministry Services We Provide
Global Strategic Alliance International Trauma Center offers a variety of specialized ministry services for adult children of alocoholic families. Our president, Lawrence W. Stanfield, Ph.D., was himself a victim of an alcoholic family evironment. He knows the devistation such a family environemnt can produce in adults of alcoholic parents. He has spent more than thirty-plus years studiying, researching, and healing from the hidden trauma of a alcoholic family.
Here are some services we offer to adults victims of alcoholic families:
1 We provide compassionate Christ-centered ministry to the body, soul, and spirit.
2. Our facilitators appropriate Proverbs 23:7 in the psycho-spiritual model of healing which states; "Whatever a person thinks about constantly, dwells upon, and maintains focus upon will eventually produce corresponding behavior, mental beliefs and emotions. (Paraphrase)
3. Release from years of self-destructive behavioral and emotional patterns can be realized in a realtively short time for those seeking truely seeking deep healing and cleansing.
4. Individualize attention to the needs in your specific areas of bondage .
5. Comprehensive personal interview and evaluation in the psycho-spiritual area of bondage in which trauma occurs durng early development during childhood.
(Plus much, much more!)
GSA Is A Support Ministry!
Ministy services from Global Strategic Alliance International Trauma Center is not intended to replace the services of organizations like Alcohol Annonymous or other similar organizations. Rather, it provides still another support service for those adults of alcoholic familes who still struggle with unacceptable self-destructive lifestyles.
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For more information regarding this ministry, please email us at: (FreeIndeedQuestions@Comcast.Net)