This is a pretty serious question with no concrete answer.

In my personal experience, living with an alcoholic creates an atmosphere of instability. You never know from one day to the next what state the person will be in. I think that if a child is raised in that environment they may not be getting the best care they deserve and need. An alcoholic needs to be intoxicated for whatever reason, coping, to feel normal or perhaps not to feel at all and in that case I do not beleive that a child should be exposed to that. I just dont think that it is fair to the child.

I do beleive in second chances. I think that if a person seeks treatment and has been successful for a respectable period of time then I think that based on a review of the case a child should be allowed back in the residence with the parents.

I am sorry if my opinion offends you or anyone else, but I am speaking from first hand experience, being raised in an environment where someone drank heavily.