The Critical Influence of Drug Addiction on the Family Relationships: A Reflection of David Sheff's Life

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to enlighten and explore the influence of drug addiction on family relationships. The paper analyzes diverse arguments in order to highlight the effect depicted by drug addiction on family relationships. The paper utilizes the plot of “Beautiful Boy” by David Sheff in order to analyze the hypothesis constructed. Beautiful Boy is a story of a father concerned about his son's addiction for drugs and depicts how drug addiction has influenced their relationship. The paper consist diverse enthymemes in order to shed light on the topic. In addition, the paper a memoir of beautiful Boy in order to summarize the story depicted in the book.

Table of Contents

Introduction4

Enthymeme5

Hypothesis6

Background Knowledge6

Review of Beautiful Boy by David Sheff8

Key Terms9

Thesis Statement9

Memoir of Beautiful Boy9

Discussion10

Conclusion12

References13

The Critical Influence of Drug Addiction on the Family Relationships: A Reflection of David Sheff's Life

Introduction

Drug abuse and addiction is caused by a variety of factors comingled. According to various studies, there is a strong influence of drug addiction one the relationships and family function. Drug addiction has different definitions in different contexts but primarily refers to negative and excessive use of drugs. Drug addiction in the individuals not only affects their behavior and psychic ability; but, it has a significant impact on their offspring. It is not necessary that the behavior and psychic ability of offspring may be affected due to the drug addiction of their parents. Nevertheless, the addiction of parents morally deteriorates their children; because, the actions of the parents involved in drug addiction often react violently or absurd.

The involvement of a family member or the head of the family in drugs leads to various kinds of harm in terms of social, physical and psychological harm to children. However, there are also many individuals who stop consuming drugs before it really becomes problematic for them. It can therefore be said that although the rates of drugs usage are high but the number of individuals who get prone to drug addiction is a lot lower. There are several ways in which the parental involvement in drugs influences the social development of children. According to various sources, the alcohol or drug encounter during the pregnancy severely affects the development of a child. In addition, there is a possibility of diverse mental and psychological disorders in children in case of parental involvement in drug abuse.

Enthymeme

Drug addiction in family causes several problems in the social development of the offspring. The children of the families involved in the drugs do not feel sufficiently loved or affirmed; because, the parents show lack of belongingness due to their involvement in drug abuse. These children live with strong feelings of insecurity, and somehow try to compensate for the emotional needs that accompany those gaps. There may be several efforts to prevent drug addiction in order to minimize the anti-social behavior of the children.

According to various sources, communication is essential for the development of a child; because, the home ...