Recovering Hope - Part 3 - Mothers & Children on FASD
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- More info: nofas.org - This video is sponsored by SAMHSA's FASD Center for Excellence.
Video posted by NOFAS. More info: nofas.org
The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) is the leading voice and resource of the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) community. Founded in 1990, NOFAS is the only international non-profit organization committed solely to FASD primary prevention, advocacy and support.
NOFAS seeks to create a global community free of alcohol-exposed pregnancies and a society supportive of individuals already living with FASD. NOFAS effectively increases public awareness and mobilizes grassroots action in diverse communities and represents the interests of persons with FASD and their caregivers as the liaison to researchers and policymakers. By ensuring that FASD is broadly recognized as a developmental disability, NOFAS strives to reduce the stigma and improve the quality of life for affected individuals and families.
Everyone is in recovery and healing and it's amazing. Keep going! My grandma was an alcoholic. There are many members of my community who have FASD. I don't have it myself, but I know people who do and whose mothers drank while pregnant.
I struggle with this. Imagine being impaired neurologically because your mom couldn't control her addiction?There's so much info out there about alcoholism and effects on an unborn child.THE WORST IS THE DOCTOR THAT DRANK
That doctor was still lying in the documentary. She knew about FASD but not about recovery for alcoholics... Sure. Alcoholics anonymus started in 1938!!! This is not uncommon in doctors, they don't admit there problems because they see themselfs as better than the patients (who have problems like that). The Netherlands now has special recovery for doctors beause they refuse to go to normal treatment whit other patients and just keep working under the influence...
How do you *not* know that you're five months pregnant? I'm guessing maybe her drinking was more severe than she's admitting.
Ettina Kitten exactly
It is possible. A friend of mine had a hormonal imbalance and wasn`t having her period. She started treatment and was told the hormones might cause some weight gain and fatigue. So she didn`t find out until she was 5 months pregnant.
Ladell and Deisja's results don't really surprise me. Ladell's issues all sounded like a clear reaction to his life circumstances. It sounds like he was a toddler or preschooler when Penny got sober. So he spent the first few years of his life with his Mom drinking too much and not really able to take care of him. That could explain his issues right there, without prenatal alcohol exposure.
The women who spoke up and shared their stories are incredibly brave to do so. I'm sure it is hard to imagine what their life circumstances might have been to lead them to addiction, and the strength it must have taken to ask for help and admit how their actions hurt their children. I am grateful to them and the people helping them in their recovery for helping me see their experience. We can all help prevent this from happening to more women by developing empathy for those affected and educating rather than stigmatizing women.
Binge drinking is another form of alcoholism