Even when they do try and talk to their alcoholic guardian, it never really goes the way that they hope. They either get shut out, guilt tripped, or ignored by the alcoholic parent. 

“I can’t tell you how many times I have tried to talk about her problems and how it affects me but nothing ever changes. Nothing I say nor do does anything. It really doesn’t help that much, it’s like I’m completely ignored,” a fourth anonymous source said. 

Most children of alcoholic parents tend to be terrified of becoming their parents.

“I’m terrified of the fact that I might end up like my mother, an alcoholic that doesn’t care about her children and how they feel,” a fifth anonymous source said. “I don’t want to end up destroying my future family.”