Famous celebrity, Lindsay Lohan, was admitted to Malibu’s Promises Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Facility back in the summer of 2007. When the world hears of celebrities being admitted to treatment facilities, they wonder why and how did someone end up in this position? When Lohan’s father is brought into the picture, who was incarcerated for driving under the influence of alcohol, it is no surprise that Lohan followed in her fathers footsteps of becoming an alcoholic. Not to mention the song she wrote to her father, “Confessions of a Broken Heart”, which talks about the troubling relationship between Lohan and her father (Lindsay, 2007, pg.1). With this being said, it is not uncommon that an unstable home life can lead to a person becoming
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Divorce, alcoholism, fighting and abuse are all but a few of the situations that would lead one to believe they are living within an unstable home. When dealing with alcoholism problems in a home it is said that, “offspring of alcoholics are thought to be at risk for poor emotional regulation”, meaning that they cannot cope with emotions like a normal person (Chassin, 1999, pg.107). Not being able to handle one’s emotions can cause an individual to feel lost and alone. Therefore, they look for ways to get away from home, since home has become an uncomfortable place to be …show more content…
That is why those who live in a home where parents are constantly arguing and they pay little to no attention to their children tend to try to get away from home life as much as possible (Famularo, 1986, pg.484). In most cases because of the atmosphere of unstable homes children will start to develop, “depressive feelings: temper tantrums, disobedience, truancy, running away from home…self-destructive behavior”, all of the emotions that they are not getting at home they try to fulfill in acting out (Toolan, 1962, pg.405). These destructive acts are usually a cry for help from the victims of unstable home life. They are trying to cope with their feelings and while some cope by acting out in destructive ways, others cope by seeking out friend
Divorce, alcoholism, fighting and abuse are all but a few of the situations that would lead one to believe they are living within an unstable home. When dealing with alcoholism problems in a home it is said that, “offspring of alcoholics are thought to be at risk for poor emotional regulation”, meaning that they cannot cope with emotions like a normal person (Chassin, 1999, pg.107). Not being able to handle one’s emotions can cause an individual to feel lost and alone. Therefore, they look for ways to get away from home, since home has become an uncomfortable place to be …show more content…
That is why those who live in a home where parents are constantly arguing and they pay little to no attention to their children tend to try to get away from home life as much as possible (Famularo, 1986, pg.484). In most cases because of the atmosphere of unstable homes children will start to develop, “depressive feelings: temper tantrums, disobedience, truancy, running away from home…self-destructive behavior”, all of the emotions that they are not getting at home they try to fulfill in acting out (Toolan, 1962, pg.405). These destructive acts are usually a cry for help from the victims of unstable home life. They are trying to cope with their feelings and while some cope by acting out in destructive ways, others cope by seeking out friend