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Adult Children of Alcoholics



Adult Children of Alcoholics (or ACOAs) refers to individuals who have grown up in a dysfunctional household as a result of one or both of the parent's alcoholism. Adult children of alcoholics find they often have common characteristics into adulthood as the result of their childhood family situation and upbringing, often including alcohol abuse themselves.



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