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Is Alcoholism Heredity? . By: Hailey Spelman. Is Alcoholism Heredity?. Yes, alcoholism is heredity because it does run in the family that has a family member in the past that started to drink alcohol. What is Acholism ?.
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Is Alcoholism Heredity? By: Hailey Spelman
Is Alcoholism Heredity? • Yes, alcoholism is heredity because it does run in the family that has a family member in the past that started to drink alcohol.
What is Acholism? • Alcoholism is a chronic disease in which your body becomes dependent on alcohol. • Alcoholism is where you can’t control how much you are drinking or how many days. • Alcoholism can affect your health, job, and home life.
Symptoms of Alcocholism • Craving • Physical Dependence • Loss of Control • Tolerance
The violence of alcohol. • Death • Spousal Abuse • Verbal Abuse • Mental Abuse
Difference in families • Alcoholism Family • Non-Alcoholism Family
How does it affect the Kids? • Kids won’t ever see their parent(s). • It might make them have confused feelings about it. • Sometime the Kids will get hurt by their parent(s).
Here is a story of an Alcoholic mother • An alcoholic mother was threatened when her twins were pulled from her so she took them from social workers • She was 37 when she took her 4 year old twins. • Her name is Tamara Dyson.
The Kids in the story • They were 4 years old. • Their names were Billy Blu and Vixen Rae Francis
What happened to them? • The kids were found in a car. • Their mother and a man was 62 years old. • They were charged of kidnapping them.
The kids in the story • They were given back to the father.
Life with an alcohic • Is not easy for the family that is involved • It leaves a mental and verbal abuse on everyone.
What do most of them drink? • They want to drink liquor instead of beer and wine.
Do you have alcoholism in your family? • REMEMBER THINK BEFORE YOU DO START DRINKING!