AUD affects the functioning of families: Family members take on additional household and childcare responsibilities, social events are disrupted, and families may experience significant financial difficulties.1 Individual members of these families suffer as well. Spouses and children of adults with AUD or other substance use disorder (SUD). experience psychological distress as well as health and behavioral problems. For example, women with a male partner who has AUD and is actively drinking reported elevated levels of depression, anxiety and psychosomatic complaints, and disruptions to work and social/leisure activities, and they utilize more health care resources.2–4 Similarly, children who have a parent with AUD experience a variety of psychological, behavioral, and school problems.5,6
