Can a child be born 'an alcoholic'?

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You can be born with the gene of being an addict.it is hereditary. YOu may not necessarily become an alcholic, but may be a drug addict, food addict, etc.

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It's called fetal alcohol syndrome.

if the mother drank while pregant the baby could have various health problems such as addiction. Same goes for smoking and drugs. There have been babies born that are addicted to crack and its difficult to wean them off it.

No but if the mother who gave birth to the baby is an alcoholic the infant may be born with fetal alcohol syndrome which can cause mild retardation and Attention Deficit Disorder, or sometimes an inablity to thrive, for example the infant will not gain weight and be sickly.

Yes, if the mother drinks heavily during pregnancy then the child will become alcohol dependent - but clearly this would simply manifest itself with the child crying more than average until it had cleared cold turkey.
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common sense

if they can be born addited to crack then the answer to your question is yes they are getting everything the mother get and if her favorite drink is alcoholic then yes they will have withdrawls not to mention be malnurished and need al lot of outside help when they are born talk about an unhappy baby. if you do any, form of drug dark chocolate is scientifically proven to make a happy baby so eat as much dark chocolate as you want while pregnant just get off the booze, for the babys sake

no, but if the mother or father is an alcoholic then there's a good chance the child will become one if he or she starts drinking

One of the most severe effects of drinking during pregnancy is fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). FAS is one of the leading known preventable causes of mental retardation and birth defects.

Alcoholism can be hereditary, the chances of becoming an alcoholic increase if one parent was an alcoholic, and if both parents were alcoholics, the chances of becoming an alcoholic are even higher. I don't know the exact percentage rates. I suggest staying away from alcohol if there has been any alcoholism in the family.

alcoholism is multicausal so u need gens,social and other connditions to become 1 xx

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