| Summary: | This chapter focuses on the impact of substance use on the family unit, which remains an under-researched topic in Iceland. It begins by introducing the family as a key psychosocial influence, establishing a contrast between healthy family systems and the potential consequences of dysfunctional relations within families experiencing substance-use disorder (SUD). The chapter then describes the wider Icelandic public health and specific substance-use policy agenda, outlining the current support available to adult children who have grown up with parents engaged in problematic alcohol use. It also offers a broad introduction to recovery as a concept, before developing a number of models and concepts pertinent to the recovery landscape. In particular, the chapter present concepts of ‘recovery capital’ and the social identity model of recovery.
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