Adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs) often face significant challenges when it comes to building and maintaining intimate relationships. Despite a deep desire for healthy, loving partnerships, ACOAs may struggle with a range of emotional and behavioral patterns that can hinder their ability to form secure and satisfying connections. At the core of these intimate relationship difficulties lies a lack of healthy relationship models, fear of abandonment, and low self-esteem.
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