Wanting what you can't yet have.

During this project I have gathered much information and learned many things about my topic, but I still don't really know the whole story. One of the questions I would further research would be one of my original research questions that was left unanswered. This question was "How do people live with their addicted parents?". I found out many things about how it affected the children, but not really why they put up with it. I suppose this would be a hard question to answer because every person would have a different answer. It still is something I would want to further research though.

There were many subjects that I studied about living with addicts that I really only got to see the tip of the iceberg. Really the main thing that needs further research is the exact signs that people radiate when they are a child of addiction. This is something that would be a key addition to this blog. It would also be intriguing to have more information on why children of addicts act this way and actually show these signs. This may also be hard to research because while people in similar situations may have similar options, they still are different people.

If another survey would be held I would have to ask very different questions. I don't think I would ask directly if your parents are addicted to drugs or alcohol, because many people would not want to answer truly, or simply just wouldn't know. What child really can draw the line between healthy drinking and alcoholism? I would probably ask "What do you think are the chances of a child of an alcoholic, or a parent addicted to drugs, becoming addicted themselves as they grow up?". Many of the questions I would most want to ask, I would want to ask actual children of addicts, and maybe even a few questions to the addicts themselves.

Another thing that I would want to do would be survey the same two questions I originally used, but from different backgrounds. I would want to survey older people, in their twenties, to see if age has opened their eyes more to the world around them. I would also want to survey people in higher and lower economic statues to see if that made a big difference. Really if I could have my way I would survey everyone!