Addiction ‘is often a result of childhood trauma’ – Tabor Group

Tabor Group's annual report shows its two centres in Cork admitted 227 people last year

Tabor Group clinical director Mick Devine said the challenges facing families of people with addiction are compounded by intimidation of family members due to drug debt, and the stigmatising of substance use disorder. Picture: Brian Lougheed

A leading drug treatment charity says it is “clearer with each passing year” the prominent role that trauma plays in the development of drug and alcohol addiction.

Tabor Group in Cork said this trauma stems from adversity that children experience, “often due” to an untreated substance use disorder of a parent.