Children and Adult Children of Alcoholics and Substance Abusers
Websites
Advocacy group for all children and families affected by alcoholism and other drug dependencies. Sponsors Children of Alcoholics Week each February.
Center on Addiction and the Family (COAF)A national organization that provides a range of educational materials and services to help professionals, children and adults break the intergenerational cycle of parental substance abuse.
Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service OrganizationOfficial 12-step program site for people who come from an alcoholic or other drug-affected home seeking solutions to their problems.
Al-Anon/AlateenWeb site for families and friends of alcoholics. Iowa Area Al-Anon and Alateen
Publications
Effects of Parental Substance Abuse on Children and Families (COAF)
There's Nothing to Do About it Now...Or is There? (COAF) for adult children of alcoholics. Covers parenting issues
I'm not OK when You're Not - resource guide for adult children of alcoholics. Includes how control and boundary violation affect the healthy development of children; how destructive control behaviors are learned and their use; family roles.
Children of Alcoholics Foundation (COAF) Fact Sheets for children and teens
Children of Alcoholics: Important Facts (NaCoa) fact sheet
Children of Addicted Parents: Important Facts
Is Substance Abuse Your Fault (COAF) information for children of substance abusers
How Many COAs and COSAs Are There? (COAF) statistics
Children of Alcoholics - Alcohol Research and Health's issue on Children of Alcoholics, Volume 21, Number 3, 1997
It's Not Your Fault - Brochure. Also available in Spanish
It Feels So Bad - Brochure. Also available in Spanish
Alcohol and Drug Addiction Happens in the Best of Families
