Alcohol 🍻 y tus hijos 👨‍👩‍👦 /Alcohol 🍻 and your children 👨‍👩‍👦

When we have children, there are so many things to teach, either through conversations and / or example that I think, we do not finish until they are already well grown and even then we continue advising, but among the issues that should be touched with all respect and awareness with children is alcohol, because what for many is something casual and controllable, for others it is a vice and a disease, This topic of alcohol and children is the one proposed today by the community @motherhood (@hive-165757) in its Daily Challenge, Vida de Mama in its 35th week, if you want to know the suggested topics for this week, here I share the link of the publication and the pertinent information.

Now, what do I think about alcohol, although I can have a drink or two and in meetings the truth is that alcohol does not keep me awake at night, I like Gin, vodka and Whisky, I hate beer, but I have seen so many people make fools of themselves when they have a few too many drinks or get violent, Let's remember that alcohol is a disinhibitor, so I have never been drunk in my life and I don't think I will ever be drunk, besides to complete my aversion, in my family on my father's side there is a history of alcoholism and I am terrified that both my son and I could fall into something like that.

It is sad for me to say that my paternal grandfather and my father are alcoholics, my grandfather has already died, but my father has many years fighting against this with its ups and downs and thank God he is not a violent drunk, but I still believe that no one likes to see his father, a relative or loved one, spend days in that state, so my son has seen his grandfather like that, because although he has not lived with us for many years he is very close, so since he was little he saw him in several episodes, at some point being older he asked and it was the perfect opportunity to talk about the subject.

Later, it is obvious that when Cristian grew up and entered adolescence he wanted to share some alcoholic beverages with his friends, so he repeatedly talked about the subject and always asked him the question "Do you want to end up like your grandfather? (not to mention that they could put something in his drink and cause him harm) he always answered no, which makes me remember that even when he was younger he scolded his grandfather on several occasions and with much feeling he told him that he did not like to see him like that, that he felt sorry for his friends and my father on several occasions restrained himself or controlled himself for him.

On the other hand, many will say or ask themselves, but what's wrong with your son drinking? The problem is not that he drinks, it is that it becomes a vice or addiction and there are some studies that indicate that children of alcoholics are more likely to become alcoholics too, if you want more information here I share the link of a web publication that touches this topic for those who want more information or if you wish you can do your own searches on the internet.

Finally, my recommendation as a mother, although you as a family have drinks I believe that everything has its time and it is not wise for a young person to drink alcohol in excess from an early age and even less without proper guidance, so show your children the reality of what can happen to an alcoholic, street, dangers, fall into some other vice, end up badly injured or even dead. So I say goodbye and look forward to reading your impressions in the comments box.