How does alcohol addiction change my relationship with family and friends?

How does alcohol addiction change my relationship with family and friends?

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I think it can make it very problematic. You can often be involved in quite secretive drinking if people disapprove. It can create conflicts with your partner, and it can create a change in a relationship with your children and concerns there. It can lead to domestic violence within the home, and isolation. It can eventually really breakdown family relationships and friends that just move away and aren't interested anymore.