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Will This Test Work (confidentiality?) this way?

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Izzy_*now*:
hi  fraidy

That is so interesting for me-- imagine how the few who have answered have not really been ACOA, yet in each "before" case would have scored high!
Thank you. I am so glad I tried this

Iz

fraidycat:
Just to make it more intersting I asked my son to take the test. He's 23 and didn't know why I asked or about this site, just that is was a way of confirming if you have a parent that's an alcoholic.  He laughed and said there are so many holes in this test and also said "do you really think parents are the only influence on their kids?... most of my negative answers came from experiences outside of the family. Going to have to agree with him, he scored an 8 out of 20. I didn't add it to the poll but thought I'd pass his point on.

Izzy_*now*:
Hey fraidy

That is Something!!

You didn't close your son's quote....

"do you really think parents are the only influence on their kids?... most of my negative answers came from experiences outside of the family.

Is that where it ends or at kids??

This is something else and now it makes me positive that I am going to track down a friend of my daughter's who flew from here, B.C., to Ontario to be her bridesmaid, but they have never spoken again, after many years of' friendship" up to the beginning of high school, i.e. age 14.

Thank you. Thank you, ever so....
xx
Izzy!

fraidycat:
Sorry for the confusion, you had it right the first time.

His quote ended with the word family. (my bio family was most definitely the cause of my negative answers). He thought the test was a joke and questioned the validity of the test and the website that posted it.

It seemed like a self esteem test to me, there are a lot of reasons outside of alcoholism that can cause a poor self image. Not to say it can't be upbringing but our own personal choices and experiences play a part too. I would have expected different questions like: at what age did you become self reliant or did you ever feel like the caretaker of your parent if it was a test about alcoholism. Even then it wouldn't be that accurate without knowing all of the circumstances.

Fraidy

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