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Having grown up in an alcoholic household I can tell you this. Kids, no matter how small deserve the truth. Don't sugarcoat the facts. You don't have to be brutal either. Go ahead and tell them daddy is an alcoholic, that alcoholism is an illness and that daddy doesn't want treatment yet...

Attend some Al Anon meetings. Those meetings are for people with alcoholic spouses, parents, etc. They really do help. Also, tell the eight year old the truth. What he imagines is far worse than the reality, believe me.