Alcoholism may be better termed as the family disease , because of the huge impact an alcohol addict has on th e people around him. No matter how hard you try, t here is no way to escape or ignore an alcoholic in the family since t he majority of the alcoholic ’s impairments are behavioral. So during day-to-day interactions of family life, the family members are forced to be confronted with alcoholic behavior. Many psychological studies have shown that t heir responses are characteristically just as impaired as the alcoholic's. This does not mean that the blame lies on the feet of the family but the family may, despite its best intentions, behave in a way that allows the alcoholic to continue his drinking habits . They try to protect the alcoholic, make excuses for them , buy into obviously false alibis, and even cover up for them . They make call ...