Addiction doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Its effects can often be felt for generations.
Addiction doesn’t just affect those who are abusing. It can live on to affect the generations that follow.
When one or both parents suffer from substance abuse or alcoholism, mental health issues or rage, trauma is created. Trauma at an early age – particularly the early developmental stages before the development of the prefrontal cortex — creates stress, which negatively impacts the structure of chemistry of the brain. (more…)
