The health of the unborn child depends on many factors, but hereditary plays a huge role. If the baby has an alcoholic mother, her addictions can leave an indelible imprint on his entire future life. Although the sex cells of both parents are important in the process of embryo formation, the baby’s well-being is more determined by the woman’s health and lifestyle.
Parental drinking is a disaster for children
Everyone knows about the negative impact on the health of a child by tobacco and alcohol. Ethanol is reflected in the state of the reproductive cells of the parents, which subsequently causes the bearing and birth of the patient, weak offspring. And although there is a chance that an alcoholic mother will give birth to a physiologically healthy heir, this will not in any way protect him from education in an unfavorable environment.
A child who is brought up in an antisocial setting is doomed to face a number of problems. Psychologically traumatized individuals grow out of the children of alcoholic mothers. Thus, the bad habit of parents can destroy both the physical and mental health of their child. Alcohol in the mother’s blood leads to irreversible disorders not only in her body, but also in her unborn baby.
Features of female alcoholism
The detrimental effect on the fetus begins with conception against the background of intoxication, that is, the direct formation of a zygote from the sperm and egg. A rambling father’s lifestyle may not affect fertilization. The mother will have to bear the baby for nine months. For the fetus, father’s alcoholism is, of course, very bad, but the abuse of alcohol by the mother during pregnancy is much more dangerous. According to unofficial data, every tenth child conceived by parents in a state of intoxication is born dead. Thus, a woman's addiction to a bottle can result in sad consequences for a child.
An alcoholic mother has a meager chance of having an absolutely healthy baby. In the last century, numerous studies have been conducted that have shown the world what addiction can lead to. It is wrong to say that female alcoholism is not treated, but this chronic disease will leave its indelible mark on health in any case. According to the results of laboratory studies, in 800 of the 3000 examined women were found:
- signs of premature menopause;
- menstrual irregularities;
- cardiovascular diseases;
- pathology of the digestive tract;
- diseases of the genitourinary and reproductive systems.
It is also obvious that the alcoholic mother is not able to fulfill her parental functions and provide the child with a full childhood. Starting to drink at a young age, fertile women lose their health and moral character, and, deciding on the birth of children, doom them to suffering. That is why the question often arises of how to deprive parental rights of an alcoholic mother.
The health of children born to drunkards
Alcoholism is not a disease that is inherited. If the parents are sick, this does not mean at all that the child who is born to them will have an addiction and craving for alcohol. However, the tendency to this disease in children born from alcoholic mothers is much higher than in babies born from healthy parents. In addition, such children may have serious deviations in mental development, disturbances in the central nervous system, including increased irritability, temper, emotional instability.
Children of alcoholics are more exposed to outside, easily fall under the negative influence of the street. In women suffering from chronic drunkenness, babies with cerebral palsy and epilepsy are often born. The French doctor Morel, studying four generations of hereditary alcoholics in a row, came to the following conclusion: an uncontrolled craving for alcohol is the cause of degeneration of the genus, loss of morality, and an increase in the number of mentally retarded people.
The effects of ethyl alcohol in infancy
How to live with an alcoholic mother? In this case, babies are completely defenseless. The effect of alcohol on babies at such an early age is ten times stronger and more dangerous than on adults. At the same time, alcoholism in children develops much faster and leads to more sad consequences. The sooner a child begins to drink alcohol, the worse.
Ethyl alcohol passes into breast milk, so the mother, addicted to the glass, solders not only herself, but also her baby. Moreover, there are many cases when grief mothers specially added alcohol to their baby so that he would sleep more soundly and be calmer. Previously, for example, babies were not forbidden to give a crumb of bread soaked in beer for the same purpose - to calm and ensure a good sleep. Moreover, not only alcoholics did this, but also quite adequate, normal parents, since many of them did not even realize how dangerous alcohol was for children and that young children were too susceptible to ethanol.
Behavior of children drinking parents
An unhappy childhood is reflected in the whole subsequent life of a person. An alcoholic child usually follows one of the following behaviors:
- "Hero". In this case, the child tries on the role of the parent and takes all the worries that he does not always manage to cope with. Such children grow up early, as, in fact, are deprived of a normal, psychologically comfortable childhood.
- "Dreamer". The child abstracts from problems, inventing an imaginary world for himself. Unlike the previous model of behavior, here he does not try to solve his problems, move forward, develop.
- “Guilty of everything.” The baseless anger of alcoholic parents leads to the development of an inferiority complex, the appearance of guilty feelings, and low self-esteem.
- "Spoiled." Parents who abuse alcohol and do not pay attention to their own children, try in every possible way to make amends and allow them to do anything. Such children do not have respect for elders, do not know how to communicate with others.
According to statistics, children of alcoholics are more prone to addiction. In adulthood, it is difficult for them to build personal relationships. Due to the unfavorable psychological atmosphere in the family, the child becomes sandwiched, secretive, insecure, which in the future will become a significant barrier to adaptation in adult and independent life.
How to understand that a woman is ill with alcoholism?
Drinking parents are a disaster, but what about the children? What to do with an alcoholic mother? The only answer is to treat. Knowing the signs and symptoms of female alcoholism, you need to seek help from a narcologist. The sooner you start treatment, the greater the chance of a woman returning to a normal lifestyle.
The first sign of female chronic alcoholism is denial. They claim that they drink only on holidays or when there is good reason, although in fact the dependence on alcohol is obvious. To get a dose of a strong drink, they are looking for any, even insignificant reason for a feast. The woman’s behavior in anticipation of the upcoming fun is changing dramatically: she becomes cheerful, active and cheerful. He reacts extremely aggressively to reproaches and claims from relatives and others, trying to justify his behavior by any means.
If the woman is not cured in time, the disease will progress. At the initial stage, a mental dependence on alcohol is formed. Then pathological changes occur in the body, craving for strong drinks is intensified. A woman ceases to take care of herself, loses interest in work, family, and hobbies. The appearance of an alcoholic differs from that of healthy women:
- the complexion of the skin changes - it acquires an earthy, grayish tint, unhealthy redness, crimson spots and bruises appear;
- the gaze becomes glassy, ​​meaningless;
- puffiness and bags are visible under the eyes;
- teeth blacken and fall out;
- many wrinkles appear, the nasolabial fold deepens, lips thicken;
- the nostrils expand;
- neck muscles atrophy.
Drugs for the treatment of addiction
Without the desire and awareness of the problem, the addicted alcohol alone cannot cure the disease. If you manage to set up a woman for treatment, we can assume that this is already half the success. For the treatment of alcohol dependence, narcologists prescribe two types of drugs.
The first are medicines with disulfiram or cyanamide in the composition, which reduce the body's resistance to ethyl alcohol. After taking such pills for alcoholism (the list and prices will be presented later), the woman’s body will not be able to process the toxins released during the decay of ethanol as before, which makes her well-being worse after drinking alcohol. Over time, an aversion to once-loved drinks will form. Among the drugs that are most often prescribed to alcoholics, it is worth noting the most popular:
- "Teturam" (a cheap Russian drug, the average price is 126-282 rubles).
- "Lidevin" (costs about 1400 rubles.).
- "Colme" (produced in the form of drops, the price is about 1000 rubles).
To help the patient overcome her addiction to alcohol, prescribe drugs that suppress cravings for alcohol. They have antihypoxic and anti-withdrawal effects, relieve chronic hangover syndromes, restore the functioning of nerve receptors. As a rule, such drugs are used in combination with previous means. The most popular medications are:
- "Proproten 100" (140-160 rubles).
- Diazepam (available as a prescription).
- Fluanxol (from 338 rubles).
Dovzhenko treatment for alcoholism
One of the effective and common methods for eliminating alcohol dependence is psychotherapeutic sessions. You can encode a drinking woman using the Dovzhenko method if she herself does not want to recognize the danger of the disease. During the sessions, the patient undergoes a psychological effect on the subconscious. Dovzhenko’s treatment for alcoholism is aimed not so much at reducing cravings for harmful drinking as at creating the right attitude and stable sobriety. Sometimes this technique is used with medication, but without hypnosis.
If treatment does not help
This addiction is one of the most common reasons for the deprivation of parental rights of the mother. The basis for this may be one or more of the following circumstances:
- refusal to perform parental duties;
- malicious evasion of child support;
- child abuse;
- inflicting physical or moral harm on him, humiliation;
- lack of interest in the life of the child for several months;
- forcing a minor to engage in theft, prostitution and other illegal activities.
At the same time, it is important to understand that not in all cases a woman who drinks is deprived of parental rights. If a mother appears at a court session in a sober, neat and sane form, justice takes a wait-and-see attitude and decides to temporarily restrict a woman's rights to a child. The basis for the deprivation of the parental rights of the mother may be proof of the fact of drinking alcohol, manifesting rudeness, and insulting the child during the probationary period.
Guardianship authorities are always involved in the consideration of the deprivation of parental rights. They pay a visit to the place of residence of the woman, check the living conditions of the child, find out whether he eats satisfactorily, whether attention is paid to his health, education, etc.
If after the trial period no changes are observed in the mother’s behavior, she continues to drink alcohol and does not take care of the child, the court makes the final decision not in her favor. Documents confirming that the mother leads an immoral lifestyle can be a certificate from a medical institution, law enforcement agencies, a statement from the place of work, testimony of witnesses. All these documents are applied to the claim.
Conclusion
Children with one or both parents suffering from alcoholism need thorough psychological assistance. Without the intervention of the school psychologist, a dysfunctional atmosphere in the family can leave a deep mark on the remaining life of the child.
The injured psyche makes him remain in a state of constant tension, which subconsciously pushes the child to do bad things. Unlike adults, who perceive their craving for alcohol as a way to relax, relax or relieve stress, children grow up in this environment and do not consider it something unnatural. Mental retardation, characteristic of hereditary alcoholics, manifests itself in childhood and remains for life. Thus, for the drunkenness and rampant way of life of parents have to pay too high a price for their children.