"De är förbannat många, väldigt, väldigt många. Väldigt, väldigt förtvivlade och väldigt, väldigt arga" (Sagt av en socialsekreterare då hon beskrev de anhörigas situation)
En studie kring anhöriga till alkoholmissbrukare
RelativeAbuse of alcoholSocial workSocial problems and welfareNational insuranceSociala problemSocial välfärdSocialförsäkringLaw and Political Science
In Sweden between 800.000 and 900.000 people have some kind of alcohol related addiction. Each and everyone are expected to have three relatives who in some way are involved in the abuser´s way of life. The consequences of living close to someone with an abuse of alcohol is described as a chaotic life with extreme emotional stress, fear and anger.The aim with our essay has been to look into how social workers are describing their work, from the relatives´ point of view. We also wanted to understand how the relatives´ situation can be. We reached our aim through interviews with social workers and by literature studies.The primary conclusion of the essay is that the dominating theory is that addiction is an illness. And we mean that also the relatives mostly are seen from this point of view when it comes to literature and from the interviewed people aswell. According to us this means that a social worker not always has a realistic view of the family. This means that the relatives often are forgotten.