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Working with Substance Abusing Mothers: A Trauma-Informed, Gender-Responsive Approach

Prevalence According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (2006), in 2003, six million women (ages 12 and older) were alcohol abusers or alcohol dependent. That same year, 2.6 million women were abusing or dependent upon illicit drugs. Addiction is a complex and challenging social and health problem that affects millions of women and girls every day. However, addiction in women’s lives can no longer be discussed without acknowledging the violence in their lives. A history of being abused drastically increases the likelihood that a woman will abuse alcohol and other drugs. In one of the first studies on addicted women and trauma, 74% of the addicted women reported sexual abuse, 52% reported physical abuse, and 72%reported emotional abuse (Covington & Kohen, 1984). “Moreover, the addicted women were found to have been abused sexually, physically, and emotionally by more perpetrators, more frequently, and for longer periods of time than their non-addicted counterparts. The addicted women also reported more incidents of incest and rape” (Covington & Kohen, 1984, p. 42). More recent studies confirm that the majority of substance-abusing women have experienced sexual and/or physical abuse. (Ouimette et al., 2000).