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Will This Test Work (confidentiality?) this way?

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Twoapenny:

--- Quote from: Lollie on February 19, 2013, 02:54:21 PM ---Hi, Izzy.

I got 15/20 and neither of my parents were alcoholics. They were nuts, not alcoholics.
Many adult children of abuse follow behavior patterns similar to ACOAs, so scoring high on this test isn't proof that your parents were alcoholics.

Best to you,
Lollie

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That made me smile!  We all have a nut allergy now ;) xx

Izzy_*now*:
Thanks Lollie and twoap,

That was the thought that came to me, after my having had a rageful father, and lived with 2 alcoholics, and hearing about the N parents on here---even seeing daughter as acting straight but really a lesbian (that could have screwed her up)-- that alcoholism is as much of a dysfuction as NPD in the matter of taking (maybe many) tests for dysfunctional behaviour, and I'll bet there are plenty more PDs that could score high on that ACOA test!

Very much obliged!

XX
Izzy

SilverLining:

--- Quote from: Lollie on February 19, 2013, 02:54:21 PM ---Hi, Izzy.

They were nuts, not alcoholics.
Many adult children of abuse follow behavior patterns similar to ACOAs, so scoring high on this test isn't proof that your parents were alcoholics.


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That's exactly the situation with my FOO.  Both parents were nuts, but not alcoholics.   I and both sibs have had problems similar to ACOA's.  The parents show plenty of other compulsions and dysfunctional behavior, but not alcohol or drug abuse. 


Coming out of the FOO in my early adulthood, I likely would have scored near 20 on the test.   Now the score is probably closer to 12, and I am more conscious of the tendencies. 

Izzy_*now*:
hi SilverLining,

Thank you for your response.

More and more I wonder how the so-called Specialists come up with tests to prove us 'crazy or whatever'.

Even with my upcoming Court Case , I find that different doctors have different diagnoses, and that drives me crazy (figuratively)!

I don't doubt anyone who says he/she would have scored more some years ago, but score less now. Maybe it is just called "growing up"?

xx
Izzy

fraidycat:
Hey Skits, I see the test as tool to help understand where you've been and how far you have come. I took this test twice the first time I answered it about where I am today, my score was 9 out of 20. The second time I took it I referred to the past and scored 18 out of 20 (I didn't add that one to the poll, I just took it for personal reasons). Thanks for posting this, it helped me to see what I still need to work on. BTW my parents didn't drink with the exception of special occasions and even then it was in moderation, mom's an N but both parents had alcoholic fathers.

Fraidy

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