Alcohol affects conception. How much not to drink before conceiving a man

24.07.2019

Some addictions are already firmly established in everyday life. What kind of feast, celebration takes place without alcohol? At any holiday, toasts are sounded and alcohol is poured like a river. In the evenings we spend time in front of the TV hugging beer, while on vacation we drink low-alcohol cocktails. And we see nothing terrible in such a way of life.

After all, there is no alcoholism, there is pleasant relaxation, euphoria and a feeling of relaxation. But even a small intake of intoxicants carries with it a latent threat. And it's not about the development of addiction and addiction. Alcohol, even weak and irregularly consumed, brings a large number of threats to the reproductive system of men and women. Alcohol and conceiving a child are incompatible things, as doctors say.

The conception of a healthy child also depends on the sobriety of a man.

At first glance, it seems that women will have to think about a healthy conception first of all - after all, they will have to carry a fetus for 9 months. But let's not forget that men are directly involved in the birth of a child.

The development of the unborn baby depends on how strong and possessing high-quality gene information the spermatozoa will be.

The opinion that if a woman wears and gives birth, then it is she who is responsible for the health of the newborn (mental, intellectual and physical) is fundamentally wrong. Indeed, the abuse of alcoholic beverages during pregnancy significantly reduces the chances of a baby being born healthy, but let's talk about the male role in this process.

How alcohol affects sperm

Numerous medical studies have long confirmed that alcohol, especially if taken regularly, negatively affects the functioning of internal organs. Moreover, ethyl alcohol is incorporated into metabolic processes and changes the cellular composition, disrupting the structure of DNA.

What follows from this? The fact that conception after alcohol can lead to the fact that a new life already at the genetic level will develop a craving for alcohol.

Many women who dream of a healthy baby are tormented by the question of whether it is possible to acquire offspring from a man who abuses alcohol. Hoping that, being sober, he will give a chance to give birth to a strong baby.

Doctors are adamant: the influence of alcohol on the conception of a child in men continues after the cessation of drunkenness.

The conception itself may be successful, but the chances of having a completely healthy child will be small. Why?

How alcohol affects the conception of a child

Alcohol actually helps to some extent to get rid of fatigue, reduce stress, remove stress, anxiety and increase libido. This state of affairs, of course, only pleases a man. But let's study the other, the shadow side of the coin - what role does alcohol play in the health and quality of the cells of the male reproductive system.

How alcohol affects a man's fertility

Having penetrated the ejaculate (seminal fluid) with the help of the bloodstream, ethanol begins to act on the sperm. And it is far from being in a favorable direction. How exactly:

Stops their activity.
Significantly (by 25-30%) reduces the amount of healthy ejaculate.
Contributes to the formation of an abnormality in the structure (in defective spermatozoa there is often no head or tail).

Healthy spermatozoa, losing activity, significantly reduce the chances of normal conception. But defective germ cells can successfully reach the uterus and give rise to a new, but already unhealthy life..

The average lifespan and maturation of spermatozoa varies between 70-75 days. This period is too long for a man who cannot live a week without alcohol. A constant drinker simply does not give his own body a chance to acquire healthy reproductive cells.

Ethyl alcohol has a direct effect on the structure of DNA

It is known that each sperm contains a gene complex, a set of 23 chromosomes. A breakage or defect in just one chromosome leads to the birth of a sick baby.

Also, alcohol has a serious effect on potency. If you take a small dose of alcohol, a man's erection increases, and the time of intimacy increases. Which leads to more pleasure. But, getting used to alcohol, the body requires an increasing dose, which affects the intimacy as follows:

erection decreases;
premature ejaculation is noted;
the duration of intimacy is sharply reduced.

Gradually, a man can no longer imagine intimacy without the prior use of alcohol. By the way, in most cases of chronic alcoholics, an erection does not come at all.

Conception in a "drunken stupor"

Unfortunately, this is a fairly common phenomenon. After all, alcohol destroys the boundaries of modesty and expands permissibility. Alcohol is a frequent companion and culprit of spontaneous, casual relationships that can result in pregnancy. Such a conception can be fatal for a future life.

Doctors have found that under the influence of alcohol, conception threatens the formation of a variety of abnormalities and deformities in the fetus, sometimes incompatible with life.

In most cases, spontaneous miscarriages occur in early pregnancy. The body frees itself from a fetus with serious abnormalities. And constant miscarriages can provoke in women in the future the inability even to a healthy conception.

What does fetal fetal alcohol syndrome look like?

By the way, a miscarriage during drunken conception is the best option for the outcome of events. Indeed, in most such cases, as well as if the expectant mother regularly drinks in the first trimester of the term, in almost 100% of cases a child is born with FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome). That is, the baby is already born with alcohol addiction.

These babies have a whole range of disorders and congenital anomalies. Most often these are:

congenital facial deformities;
vision and hearing problems;
abnormal chest structure;
underdevelopment and defectiveness of the limbs;
global retardation of mental, mental and physical development.

What conclusions do we have

But unfortunately, doctors, thoroughly studying what alcohol and conception in men lead to, cannot say exactly how ethyl alcohol will work and what specific consequences it will have for the unborn baby. After all, a baby with various deviations can be born in a perfectly healthy and non-drinking married couple.

The ideal option if you want to have a healthy and strong baby would be a complete refusal to drink alcohol for at least 4-5 months before the planned conception.

It will be useful to undergo a complete medical examination for both the woman and the man. But even if conception happened by accident, you should not rush and ruin your future life by abortion. A single use of alcohol is unlikely to greatly damage the future baby.

Ethanol destroys the gene pool with prolonged and regular use. And this means that a pregnant woman should be happy for herself, please her future father and closely engage in bearing her baby. Strictly following all the doctor's prescriptions and, of course, do not take a drop of alcohol in your mouth.

It is not uncommon for a man to feel completely healthy and full of energy, he has a great erection, but he is infertile. According to medical statistics, in 45% of cases of infertility it is the man who is “to blame”. The fact is that the ability of men to conceive a child does not depend on sexual activity, but on the quantity and quality of sperm. And these indicators are significantly influenced by past illnesses and bad habits (smoking, alcohol consumption, etc.). In this article, we will look at the effects of alcohol on the male reproductive system.

Ethanol exposure

Unlike women, who are already born with a full complement of eggs, in men new spermatozoa (sex cells, or gametes) are formed throughout their life from the moment of puberty. Therefore, the way of life he leads during the entire fertile period directly affects the health of future offspring. Let's take a look at how alcohol affects the conception of a child.

The spermatogenesis cycle takes 74 days and consists of the following stages:

Reproduction is when the primary germ cells (spermatogonia) divide multiple times.
Height. Sex cells increase significantly in size, their DNA content doubles. These cells are called spermatocytes.
Maturation. This is the longest and most difficult stage during which the exchange of genetic material takes place between chromosomes. After the exchange, the paired chromosomes "diverge" to different poles of the cell, and the genetic material of one spermatocyte is first divided into 2 cells, each of which is then also divided into 2 spermatids (immature spermatozoa).
Formation. At this stage, spermatids are transformed into a mature sperm with a head, neck and tail and acquiring the necessary mobility.

Exposure to ethanol affects both genetic material and sperm membranes. The genetic material is affected during the first three stages of spermatogenesis. Chromosomes lose orientation relative to the poles of the germ cells, as a result of which there is an incorrect divergence and an uneven distribution of gene material over the spermatids.

The influence of alcohol is manifested both in the violation of cell division, and in the distortion of the process of DNA duplication. In connection with such violations, gametes that have retained viability may have an incorrect chromatid set or gene mutations.

Due to the effect of ethanol on the structure of membranes and the processes of growth and maturation of spermatozoa, many of them are not viable. The production of gametes is thus reduced. If normally their number exceeds 60 million, then under the influence of regular alcohol consumption, this figure is sharply reduced. Their number is approaching a critical threshold, oligospermia develops. And this is one of the parameters that creates the risk of male infertility.

Under the influence of ethanol, many of the spermatozoa are not viable.

Part of viable spermatids under the influence of ethanol loses normal motility due to incorrect formation of the neck or tail. As a result, if in a normal spermatogram there can be no more than 25% of abnormal gametes, then with regular alcohol consumption this threshold is often exceeded by more than 2 times. All this has a significant effect on the number of sperm in the ejaculate, and therefore on the possibility of conceiving a child.

In connection with the long process of spermatogenesis (almost 3 months), a question arises. If already mature cells take part in fertilization, on whose genetic material alcohol will no longer affect, can alcohol be consumed directly or a few days before conceiving a child? Let's see if a man should drink before conceiving, or if it's still not worth drinking.

Unpleasant consequences of drinking

After drinking alcohol, many people feel attracted, which is associated with disinhibition of the cortex of the frontal lobes of the brain. This creates the feeling that alcohol liberates and increases potency. In fact, they have no idea what effect ethanol has. Even a single drink of alcohol reduces testosterone synthesis in the next five days. As a result, a man who drank alcohol just a few hours before sex may face extremely unpleasant consequences of libation:

The quality of erection deteriorates.
Decreased sex drive.
Anorgasmia or, conversely, premature ejaculation may occur.

Ethanol intake reduces testosterone synthesis by five days.

All this negates the possible plus of the short-term euphorizing effect of alcoholic beverages.

During ejaculation, sperm are mixed with seminal fluid and pass through the ejaculatory ducts through the prostate gland, which also secretes secretions at this time. Semen and prostate secretions provide sperm motility and the alkaline environment of the ejaculate. The latter has a protective effect on the gametes in front of the acidic environment of the vagina.

Drinking alcohol increases the viscosity of seminal vesicle and prostate secretions. And if a man drank a day or 2-3 days before conception, and it doesn't matter what: vodka, beer or wine, alcohol will reduce the mobility of the germ cells by increasing the viscosity of the sperm, even if the 3-month sober period is observed before. Since the high mobility of healthy spermatozoa decreases in the first place, abnormal gametes in these conditions are close to normal in terms of mobility. This creates the prerequisites for negative fertilization of the egg by abnormal male gametes.

Changes in the composition of the semen have a negative effect on its acidity and liquefaction time. Normally, semen liquefies within an hour. The longer this indicator, the longer male gametes are in contact with the acidic environment of the vagina and the greater number of them lose mobility and die, which does not have the best effect on conception in men.

Drinking alcohol before conception directly affects the health of the child.

How does it affect the offspring

Few people know what 30 grams of pure alcohol is. This is 75 grams of vodka, 1.5 glasses of wine or 1.5 bottles of beer (750 ml). And a man who drinks only beer every day after work may face such negative effects of alcohol as fetal alcohol syndrome in a child:

Central nervous system pathology.
Abnormal development of the facial skeleton.
Congenital defects of the heart or internal organs.
Damage to joints, etc.

These babies are most often born with extremely low birth weight. And as adults, they can have numerous problems with the immune and endocrine systems. By the above signs, you can immediately see how alcohol affects the conception and development of the child. Therefore, everyone who plans to conceive a child is advised to stop drinking alcohol at least 3 months before that.

Thus, the lifestyle of the future father directly affects the health of the child, and concepts such as alcohol and conception are incompatible. The negative effect of alcohol on conception in men affects both sperm production and the quality of seminal fluid.

All this suggests that when planning the conception of a child, it is necessary to abandon any use of alcohol in advance and for the longest possible period.

There is hardly a person who has not heard about the negative impact of alcohol on the conception of a child. However, some people find it so difficult to give up the alcohol habit that they literally demand from specialists to name the dose of alcohol that is safe for conception.

Not without hidden advertising of producers of intoxicating drinks: from time to time in the media there are clearly ordered "results of research by authoritative scientists", indicating that some types of alcohol (beer, wine) allegedly stimulate fertility. In order to understand what threatens the use of alcoholic beverages immediately before or after conception, let us figure out how they affect the reproductive system.

Can I drink alcohol before conceiving?

The fact that alcohol drunk by a mother can lead to the birth of a sick child, people knew in ancient times. Therefore, many peoples banned even beer for women under 30. Society was much more lenient towards men. Only excessive drunkenness was reprimanded.

Only in the 20th century were studies carried out that clearly showed that the alcoholism of the father is almost more dangerous to the health of children than the drunkenness of the mother. It turned out that 70% of chronic alcoholics had drinking fathers, and only 10% had mothers. Even more impressive were the statistics collected in one of the psychiatric clinics in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. It turned out that every fifth demented child had a drunken father.

The effect of alcohol on male fertility

For the body, ethanol is a poison, but, in addition, it is also an excellent solvent. Once in the stomach, alcohol is very quickly absorbed into the bloodstream. Its concentration can be especially high in semen. Moreover, alcohol is removed from the reproductive system for the longest time, that is, the consequences of what you drink affect within a few days.

Semen, into which ethanol enters, turns into an aggressive environment. If the semen of a healthy sober man contains only 25% of pathological spermatozoa (with defects), then in a drunk this figure can exceed 50%. Under normal conditions, pathological spermatozoa rarely participate in conception: they are inactive and most often not viable. But in semen containing ethanol, the movement of healthy sperm is slowed down. As a result, there is a significant increase in the risk that a sperm with damaged DNA will fertilize the egg.

It is known that it takes about three months for sperm to mature (spermatogenesis). And at any moment, ethanol can negatively affect their DNA. Accordingly, a man who wants to conceive a healthy child must abstain from alcohol for at least three months.

It should also be borne in mind that under the influence of alcohol, zinc is intensively excreted from the body. The lack of this trace element in the blood leads to a decrease in potency. Therefore, a drinking person has much less chance of conceiving a child than someone who leads a healthy lifestyle.

The effect of alcohol on a woman's fertility

When a girl is born, her ovaries already contain about 500 thousand follicles. This is a reserve for life. During the reproductive period, only 400–500 of them will mature.

Absorbing into the blood and entering the female reproductive system, ethanol destroys the DNA of the eggs. Some of them die. If a woman does not abuse alcohol, then ovulation occurs on time, and the supply of follicles is such that the loss of even a few thousand will not harm fertility.

However, there are times when an egg with damaged DNA not only survives, but also becomes fertilized. Then a sick child can be born. For example, the reason for the birth of Siamese twins is precisely the damage to the DNA of the egg. Nobody knows which egg will ripen for fertilization. But the more a woman drinks, the worse the condition of her follicles and the higher the likelihood of conceiving a child with mental or physical disabilities.

So it doesn't really matter when the girl abused alcohol: in her early youth or on the day of conception. Therefore, for any woman of childbearing age, moderation in the use of even low-alcohol alcoholic beverages is a necessary condition for the birth of a healthy baby.

But all of the above does not mean that it is permissible for a woman to drink alcohol immediately before sexual intercourse (some especially desperate ladies may assume that it will not get worse). Indeed, doctors say that if the expectant mother is drunk at the time of conception, this will not affect the state of the fertilized egg.

Another thing is scary: under the influence of ethanol, the secretion of secretory fluid in the fallopian (fallopian) tubes increases, which can cause blockage. A fertilized egg takes several days to enter the uterus through the fallopian tube and gain a foothold there. Due to the blockage of the fallopian tube, the egg begins to develop in it, never reaching the uterus. Thus, drinking alcohol immediately before or after conception increases the risk of ectopic pregnancy.

Can I drink alcohol after conception?

Sometimes a woman who finds out that she is pregnant recalls with horror that a few days after conception she drank a glass of wine. Do not be especially scared: at least five days pass from conception to the fixation of the embryo in the uterus (implantation). During this period, alcohol in the mother's body will not harm the unborn child.

But when the embryo takes hold in the uterus and begins to develop, it becomes very sensitive to both ethanol and its decay products (acetaldehyde). Even small doses of alcohol can cause vasospasm in the placenta and umbilical cord.

The embryo simply suffocates due to a lack of oxygen, and oxygen starvation provokes disturbances in the development of the fetus. Very often, children of drinking mothers are born prematurely, with diseases of the central nervous system, anomalies of various organs.

Doctors believe that if the expectant mother feels well, then during the entire period of pregnancy she is allowed to drink a glass of dry wine once or twice. However, it must be remembered that excessive alcohol consumption at any stage of pregnancy can lead to miscarriage.

Alcohol and conceiving a healthy child are incompatible. Therefore, when planning a pregnancy, future parents should completely abandon alcohol, and also undergo a preliminary medical examination.

"Take a glass with friends", "a couple of liters of beer for a fish", "a bottle of dry for a meeting." All this in large quantities is harmful for men who drink so. And not only for them. Family, work and the future of unborn children suffer. Fetal pathologies equally arise from the use of alcohol by the expectant mother and the potential father. Quite a lot of men are convinced that alcohol libations do not affect potency and do not affect the health of the unborn child. The influence of alcohol on conception is terrible, even if the future father is sober at the time of intercourse, but some time ago he drank often and a lot.

Alcohol and conception

The human body is unique and clings to a healthy life with all its might. The womb of the expectant mother gets rid of the "tainted" genetic material (meaning drunken fertilization). A miscarriage or its threat is the response of a healthy organism to an “unhealthy cell”.

The trouble is that medicine is too cruel and over the past decades, in some cases, it has rid humanity of natural selection that has existed for centuries. Gynecologists are fighting for pregnancy. And more and more often the weakened female body "stuffed" with chemistry does not recognize the diseased cell and gives it life.

A future embryo can be unhealthy not only with drunken conception, but even if one of the parents often allows himself to overeat too much. The sperm of a drinking man cannot be called healthy. It differs in quality and composition, not to mention the fact that alcohol affects potency in the most negative way.

Egg and alcohol

The supply of eggs is deposited in the female body long before birth. Each month, a certain number of them are ready for fertilization. Alcohol destroys the structure of the cell. Moreover, the process does not depend on the amount of the drunk or the female cycle.

It is important to stop drinking alcohol a few months before the planned conception. This will allow women's health to heal itself and prepare for its main mission. But given the increase in the number of diseases that no one could and did not know about 200 years ago, no specialist will give a guarantee that a former alcoholic will be able to give birth to a healthy child. Although, time and a correct lifestyle can change the general condition of the body, both in women and in men.

The ovum of women and the sperm of men are equally responsible for the health of future children. If the mother does not drink, and the father constantly allows himself to drink, his sperm can become dominant and the child will be conceived with pathology.

Sperm and alcohol

The functions of sperm, as well as their structure and quality, are highly dependent on alcohol. At the very least, ethanol renders them inactive and therefore unable to fertilize an egg. Potency is highly dependent on alcohol. Its decrease even at a young age is directly proportional to the amount of alcohol consumed and the general lifestyle.

The fine organization of the reproductive system, including potency, can be stressed by the constant intake of alcohol-based drinks. In this case, the effect on sperm will be as negative as possible. The worst option is a change in the structure of the cell from the constant intake of alcohol. This leads to congenital deformities.

The sperm of men is renewed every quarter. It is necessary to stop taking alcohol 3-4 months before the expected conception. Then the likelihood of getting a healthy embryo increases. The potency of men and their frequent use of alcohol are interrelated.

The loss of male sexual power comes from the constant intake of alcohol, even in small doses. A 10-year libation with any alcohol-containing drink provokes a decrease in sperm motility by more than 20%. A spermogram of a healthy man may contain a quarter of sperm with various abnormalities. For a drinking person, this figure can exceed half of the total.

The cells produced by the human reproductive system are the first to get hit by alcohol. Affected male sperm is incapable of full conception; even a daily evening liter of beer reduces potency. Even if it happens, the probability of fetal pathology is close to 100%. The influence of alcohol consumption on the conception of a child is enormous. Food, lifestyle, smoking, good rest do not leave an imprint on cell health, like alcohol.

Pregnancy and alcohol

Everything that the mother breathes, eats and drinks, and her child receives in the womb. Not so long ago, experts considered it beneficial for the expectant mother to use red wine as a means of increasing hemoglobin and improving appetite. And only years later it was proved that children, whose mothers drank only 3-5 grams of alcohol daily during pregnancy, acquired fetal alcohol syndrome. The effects of alcohol on pregnancy can be fatal.

In the first trimester of pregnancy, all human systems are formed. The structure of the spine, lungs, liver and stomach is laid. Even small doses of alcohol can lead to malfunctions in any of the departments of a small creature. In other words, a conceived healthy embryo can become sick if the mother drinks daily, even a little, during the first three months of pregnancy.

The effect of alcohol on pregnancy and the next 6 months of pregnancy is harmful. Without tempting fate, it is better for the expectant mother to reduce the alcohol intake to 1-2 for all 9 months of bearing the fetus. And only in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters. Naturally, a single dose of alcohol should be minimal.

Compliance with many factors is important for the baby's health: nutrition, peace, clean air, sleep. Even low-alcohol drinks are not able to become one of the beneficial components of pregnancy. There can only be harm from them. The effect of alcohol on the fetus can cross out the life of at least three people: mother, father and unborn child. So it's not worth the risk.

There are no such cases when the effect of alcohol on the conception of a child was positive. On the contrary, alcohol destroys everything: relationships between people, women's health, male potency, love and the life of an unborn baby. The baby's pathologies can be so serious that even time will not be able to correct the mistakes of the parents.

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Everyone knows that drinking alcohol during conception and pregnancy is categorically unacceptable, but not all people take it seriously. Usually feelings arise after the "drunken" conception. The couple is faced with the fact of pregnancy and is forced to make a decision. Let's see if alcohol affects conception.

Alcohol and male reproductive function

The physical well-being of a child depends on the health not only of the expectant mother, but also of his father. It has been proven by doctors of medical sciences that the quality of sperm has a great influence on the correct growth and health of the embryo.

As a rule, men rarely think about the negative effects of alcohol on conception. It is believed that it is the woman's concern to understand the issues of conception, pregnancy and the health of the unborn child, and the main problem of the head of the family is the extraction of funds.

In a man who does not drink alcohol, only about 25% of the germ cells have some abnormalities. Therefore, the probability of fertilization of an egg with abnormal sperm in such people is small. At the same time, among those who like to drink, the number of unhealthy germ cells increases repeatedly. This is due to the fact that alcohol, penetrating into the semen, immediately produces negative changes, as a result of which pathologies appear in the chromosomal sets of spermatozoa.

A child conceived by such an abnormal sex cell will most likely have genetic diseases.

Alcohol and female reproductive function

In the female body, once a month, only one sex cell, ready for fertilization, develops. The process of her healthy development depends on many circumstances, including how often and how much a woman drinks alcohol. If the period of drinking alcohol is long, then its negative impact on the baby will be great.

According to the conception calculator, the most likely fertilization occurs 12-16 days before the start of a new monthly cycle.

A woman has eggs that do not change over time. With these sex cells, a woman is born, they can only be lost during menstruation or fertilization. If a woman regularly drinks alcohol, then a deformation of the chromosomes occurs in her eggs.

After fertilization, the damaged cell is often unable to attach to the surface of the uterus, which contributes to spontaneous miscarriages.

If the unhealthy egg can still attach to the uterus, the cells will begin to multiply and the organs of the unborn baby will begin to form. Due to the fact that the chromosomes of such a cell are disturbed, the organs of the fetus can develop with pathologies, the likelihood of having a dead child in this case is very high, and the anomalies of fetal development are almost one hundred percent.

It is important to understand that not all types of alcohol are excreted from the body in a day, sometimes this process lasts several days. If you abuse alcohol on a regular basis, then the withdrawal period can be about a month.

Pathologies of children born to alcoholic families

Underweight and height of the baby.
Mental development disorders.
Hypoxia.
DNA pathology.
Physical abnormalities.

Are conception and alcohol compatible?

Some parents-to-be are concerned about how much alcohol is safe for conception. First you need to find out if a couple of alcoholics really need a child? When potential parents are unable to give up their addictions, what conversation can there be about conceiving a baby? You need to prioritize correctly between conception and alcohol. What's more important?

Does not exist Only 3 grams of alcohol in ethyl equivalent can have negative effects on the embryo. The concepts of "alcohol and conception" are incompatible.

Unplanned conception

What to do if conception nevertheless happened at the time of intoxication, and termination of pregnancy is unacceptable? You need to immediately find out the amount of alcohol drunk by partners during the month. Accidental pregnancy is not yet a reason to abandon motherhood. If a couple is not dependent on the use of alcohol-containing products, the percentage of a healthy baby is born.

You can avoid unwanted pregnancy by using the conception calculator. This simple program is indispensable for those who want to prevent pregnancy or, conversely, are planning to conceive a child. It is advisable to use the method of calendar pregnancy protection in conjunction with other means. So the protection will be even higher.

The effect of alcoholic beverages on children

There were cases when a woman, not knowing about pregnancy, drank alcohol until the very birth. What is the result of such negligence? A drinking mother will not be able to give birth to a full-fledged baby. Alcoholic parents always have abnormal children. Much more often than among people without addictions, drinking parents give birth to children prematurely or stillborn. Also, the probability of death of infants at an early age increases significantly.

Children of alcoholics are characterized by increased excitability and anxiety, have damage to the central nervous system. More than 6% of these children have seizures. In general, about 10% of all cases of epilepsy occur in children born to alcoholics.

At primary school age, such children most often get tired quickly, are restless and morally unstable. They have various sleep disorders, complaints of headaches, they are often in a bad mood, are prone to fears. Physically, the children of alcoholics look weak and pale. They often have oligophrenia - the degree of dementia. Children of drinking parents often adopt addictions from them.

Family alcoholism. Psychological moments

Alcoholism is a disease that has a negative impact not only on the person suffering from it, but also on the whole environment, especially on children. The life of an alcoholic is very limited, in such conditions the mental state of children is not stable. Some children of drinking parents are ashamed of their families, trying to turn their lives on a different path. Not everyone succeeds in this, because for the baby, parents are an authority, he copies asocial examples of behavior, not suspecting the consequences.

Behavioral types of children from disadvantaged families

Psychologists distinguish four behavioral types in children of drinking parents:

"Hero". A child of this type is trying to take control of the whole situation in the family. He, as much as he can, takes care of his parents, tries to manage the household, to equip his life.
"Scapegoat". This child constantly takes on all the anger and irritation emanating from the drinking family members. He is withdrawn, scared and extremely unhappy.

"Soaring in the clouds". Such a child is the creator of his own world, he refuses to accept the reality of life, is unable to understand his role in the family and society. He lives in a world of his own fantasies and dreams, and he really likes this life.
"Who knows no taboos". Such a child knows no taboos. His parents, periodically suffering from remorse for their alcohol addiction, indulge the child immensely. Differs in abnormal behavior with other people.

In adulthood, children from alcoholic families endure complexes from an unsuccessful childhood. This creates obstacles to normal life. Such people need the help of a specialist psychologist. As a rule, such a specialist helps to increase self-esteem and adapt in society.