Calls from desperate children living with alcoholic parents have soared by 60 per cent since 2019, new figures have revealed. The National Association for Children of Alcoholics (Nacoa) says its ...

The government has announced £6m of funding to help children with alcoholic parents get support and advice. Plans include fast access to mental health services for children - and programmes to treat ...

Imagine a kid dreading coming home from school every day because of what they know they will find. Imagine them feeding and taking care of their siblings, when they themselves are in need of care.

I come from a family of alcoholics. Sarah, my first cousin, was the most recent to die of complications from alcoholism, at age 41. Before her, seven people in our extended family, including her ...

When you grow up in a home with one or more alcoholic parents, the impact of the dysfunction reverberates throughout your life. It can be challenging to understand how this type of early interaction ...

Alcohol-related birth defects (ARBDs) are differences in physical development that result from a fetus becoming exposed to alcohol during pregnancy. ARBDs belong to a group of conditions known as ...