Aug
24
2010
Q & A: alcoholism and sexual abuse as a child. Connections?
Posted by: Alan in alcoholism treatment, tags: Abuse, Alcoholism, Child, Connections, sexual
sexay as a request from Hellz! : alcoholism and sexual abuse as a child. Connections? Some people say its a pile of garbage, while others say it is not. Do you have any evidence one way or another. Please help me! best answer:
response from Mom
was sexually abused as a child and I never drank alcohol. The abuse was horrible and took me in many ways, but never turned to alcohol as a solution to my problems. My abuse lead to depression, alcohol problems but not for me. But I’m sure some people drink as a coping mecanism. Any deal in different ways.
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August 24th, 2010 at 6:34 am
alcoholism is abusing your body. you are repeating a pattern. repeating what is familiar to you.
if you were abused, the line was crossed. so it wouldnt be so hard for you to cross the line yourself and abuse yourself and your body by drinking to the point of alcoholism.
KNOW YOUR WORTH. the abuse wasnt your fault. your worth is based on who you are. and you are GREAT. no need to abuse yourself.
August 24th, 2010 at 6:43 am
Yeah, when I was an alcoholic I abused kids all the time.
August 24th, 2010 at 6:59 am
Sometimes. I had a friend whose dad had done things to him every day, sometimes multiple times, since he was two years old. He became an alcoholic at age nine. He died in a car accident at age fourteen. He was drunk, had jacked his neighbor’s car, and was going to get as far away from “home” as he could.
I had a different friend who refused to have anything to do with drugs, alcohol, or anything because she didn’t want to become the person who hurt her.
It depends on the person.
August 24th, 2010 at 7:54 am
A lot of people who are alcoholics are using the alcohol to self medicate some underlying mental illness, probably PTSD if sexually abused as a child.
August 24th, 2010 at 8:09 am
From the experience I have seen it is just as Syd says.. When people stop drinking is when they have to face all the demons of the past.