This lesson addresses the second root: Addiction. Parents who struggle with substance or behavior addictions model unhealthy and damaging ways for their children to feel good about themselves, cope with disappointments, and build relationships. If your parent(s) reached for drugs, sex, food, or more to make themselves feel happy, loved, in control—or at least to numb their pain, they likely ended up inflicting pain on you. This lesson will help you identify addiction in your past and learn how to move beyond it to healing and growth.