Share 'Effect of substance abuse & dependence on individual and family functioning'

⋄ Chronic substance abusers tend to be isolated from their families after a long period of damaging relationships.⋄ Substance abuse affects more than the immediate family.⋄ Extended family members often report feeling abandoned, embarrassed by, ashamed of, and withdrawn from the substance abusing family member, often choosing to break relational ties.⋄ Different family structures in which abuse a…