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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!