Experience of Mothers of Adult Alcoholics ‒ A Report from Studies.

Abstract

The aim of the article is to describe the situation of mothers who face alcohol problems of their adult children. We are primarily interested in female narratives, which are a reflection on the situation of mothers connected with adult children addicted to alcohol. We are trying to touch upon the essence of maternal experience. The inspiration for this presentation of the problem was a visible gap in the research carried out in the field of social sciences, which would concern directly the parents of harmful drinkers. The stage of designing and conducting the research, as well as the process of analyzing the collected empirical data, allowed for in-depth reflection on the experiences of the narrators in the context of femininity and motherhood. Prowadzone przez nas badania miały charakter jakościowy, umieszczone zostały w paradygmacie interpretatywnym (interakcjonizm symboliczny) wraz z wykorzystaniem metodologii teorii ugruntowanej.