Adult Partners with User GParent can not stop Adult from forming relationships with abusers, family gives up trying GParent Dies, Parent Uses Parent may start using after the GParent dies due to personal stress and disruption of the family. Where there is a risk for violence and child abuse, substance abuse can increase the risk by causing loss of control, decreased inhibitions, and impaired judgement memory and attention Abusers often neglect children, both with regards to physical needs, as well as emotional and cognitive needs. Research has shown that children with heroin addicted parents show the same pattern of cognitive delays regardless of whether the mother or father used sex Substance abuse often changes sexual relationships. Sometimes performance decreases, or marital rape occurs, or previous inhibitions are temporarily lost. This is relevant not only to the abuser, but also the partner.
Research shows that the partner of the abuser is often at the greatest risk for psychopathology.
Sometimes the GParent becomes Parent. Since they don't understand their role in the substance abuse of the Parent, they continue parenting the same way, and allow substance abuse to develop in the Child. Parent has a GParent that uses. Parent may have learned denial, and when GParent's use increases, Teen starts using and Parent ignores out of habit Unstable discipline is seen. Parents may use very rigid and over-reacting styles, then at other times ignore the behavior all together.