Effects of Alcoholism Growing up in a family with daily alcohol use as a way of life can have a profound effect on a young child's mind. Most of the time this situation would seem to have a negative effect on all the people surrounded by this problem. Sometimes it can be a blessing in disguise depending on how it is looked at. It makes a person wonder why someone would want to stay in …showed first 75 words of 528 total…

…showed last 75 words of 528 total…severity of the abuse, these negative effects may happen sooner to some people than to others. Being exposed to the long- term effects of alcohol abuse on another person can be a frightening experience. It is even more difficult to understand when that person is a parent. It can be a blessing in disguise for a young person to see the mistakes that someone else has made, so that he doesn't follow the same pattern.