Children who face severe adversities are at increased risk of getting involved in drug abuse and various addictions like alcohol in adulthood says a new study. The findings showed that children who had experienced domestic violence between their parents were at 50 per cent higher risk of developing dependency on alcohol in comparison to those without that exposure. Similar were the magnitude shown by people who had experienced sexual abuse in their childhood. 'We found that both direct (physical and sexual abuse) and indirect (witnessing parental domestic violence) forms of childhood victimisation are associated with substance abuse' said Esme Fuller-Thomson
