To date, the problem of child alcoholism is very acute. The child's body has its own characteristics and therefore can quickly become addicted to alcohol. According to statistics, alcohol consumption among underage children is growing year by year.
Normally, the child and adolescent period is sometimes the acquisition of new knowledge, skills, in which the final formation of the individual, reveals professional orientation. At this time, the child or teenager intensively learns the norms of behavior, receiving them from the surrounding social environment. It's bad when the life standards and values around the child are distorted, because he adopts them, and then getting rid of them is not easy. The child's organism quickly adapts to changes in the conditions of his life. All this applies to alcoholism. For comparison, in order for an adult to become resistant to large doses of alcohol and have formed alcohol dependence, years must pass. In the case of a child's body, only a few months is enough.
Causes of alcoholism in children
Alcohol dependence in children and adolescents develops for various reasons. The main example is an example of adults. In a family where a child grows and parents drink, over time children begin to perceive drunkenness as the norm, and then they themselves try and then abuse alcohol. In half the cases, future alcoholics were born and grew up in families of alcoholics. Often the reason for the systematic use of alcohol by children are the adults themselves, who first gave alcohol to try to look at their child.
Another cause of abuse of adolescents and children of alcoholic drinks lies in the wrong education in the family. Specialists distinguish two polar reasons: neglect and hyperope. Hyperopeka implies the behavior of compassionate parents under which there is total indulgence to the child. Adults try to save their pet from difficulties in life. In this case, a greenhouse child grows up who is not able to deal with stresses and difficulties himself, he gets used to alcohol easily, as this creates the appearance of well-being.
In the opposite situation, when the child's attention from the parents is not present, when he is brought up by the street and perceives hooliganism as the norm of behavior, the consumption of alcohol begins to occupy an important place in his life.
Stages of alcohol dependence in adolescents and children
Stage 1 (takes several months). The child gets used to alcoholic beverages. At this stage of particular importance is an unfavorable street company in which a teenager lives.
Stage 2 (lasts about 1 g). Characterized by the systematic use of alcohol in a drinking company.
Stage 3 (up to several years). Formation of psychological dependence on alcohol. During this period, the teenager can not control the amount drunk, the resistance to high doses of alcohol rapidly increases, which is considered an indicator of the development of his initial stage of alcoholism.
Stage 4. It is characterized by the appearance of withdrawal (hangover) syndrome. In children, unlike adults, this syndrome is unstable, not long in time, appears only with large doses of alcoholic beverages.
Step 5. Characterized by the apparent physical dependence of the adolescent on alcohol. For the first time, symptoms of psychopathy and dementia are observed. The child becomes uncontrollable, spiteful, he is no longer interested in studying, he skips, achieves progress, even when trying to prepare for classes. During this period a teenager often experiences an increasing need for alcohol without having money at the same time. Then he finds a way out of substitutes like acetone, some solvents, tries drugs, etc.
Treatment of such children should be carried out in specialized hospitals, separately from adult alcoholics. To achieve this, the official consent of their parents (guardians), as well as the involvement of workers in the children's room of the police, is required. It should be noted that the effect of treatment is much worse than in adults for the reasons described above.