Highlights of Children of Alcoholics Week
(February 12-18, 2012)
Under the Influence: Kids of Alcoholics, the NICK NEWS with Linda Ellerbee program aired nationally on February 15. This powerful broadcast, featuring adolescent children of alcoholic parents sharing their pain, fears, sense of abandonment - and hope - as they struggled through life with an alcoholic parent, is available now on TeenNick
Special Message from President Barack Obama
Contact NACoA (1-888-554-2627) for a copy.
Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) thanks NACoA for its work on half of children of alcoholics and other substance abusers.
Listen to his taped message
Visit ONDCP's of Substance Abuse blog for "Why a Children of Alcoholics Week?
Dr. Tian Dayton's latest article, "What is an ACOA?" was published in Huffington Post as COA WEEK 2011 began on February 13
Listen to Steppin' Out Radio interview with Sis Wenger, NACoA's President/CEO
Tools for COA Week Activities
COA Week celebrates the recovery of the many thousands of children (of all ages) who have received the help they needed to recover from the pain and losses suffered in their childhood, and it offers hope to those still suffering from the adverse impact of parental alcohol and drug addiction through educational programs, proclamations by mayors and governors, poster contests in schools, and radio, television and print media. Tools and suggestions can be found below.
- Suggested Activities and Resources for COA WEEK
- Sample Proclamation
- Children of Alcoholics: A Guide to Community Action
- “Shouting Inside”
- Pamphlets
- Posters
Educational DVD: Lost Childhood: Growing Up In An Alcoholic Family A half-hour award-winning documentary showing young children of alcoholics who speak about their experiences with an honesty and wisdom beyond their years. DVD and viewers’ guide now available through NACoA.