Child Aged 3 Treated For Alcoholism
 

A CHILD of THREE has been treated in hospital for alcoholism, it's been revealed.

Doctors diagnosed the West Midlands toddler as Britain's youngest booze sufferer.

Experts called the case "horrifying".

The un-named toddler is thought to have been given booze repeatedly for six months and would have suffered withdrawal symptoms of shakes and wild mood swings.

The youngster was among 13 children under 12 diagnosed alcoholic by the Heart of England NHS Trust between 2008 and 2010. Nicolay Sorensen, of Alcohol Concern, said: "To be diagnosed alcoholic, it's possible this child would have shown a physical dependency.

"They would have had to ingest enough to cause withdrawal symptoms. It is a horrifying case." Alcohol awareness group Drinkaware said childhood boozing could disrupt brain development.

Last month, a girl of eight from Dundee was identified as the youngest alcoholic.

She had started raiding her parents' drinks and then developed "a serious problem", getting "steaming drunk" four or five times a week. In the area where the three-year-old lives 106 13-16 year-olds were treated over booze.

Source: TheSun

thats disgusting. Why didn't her parents make her stop?

The poor Kid must suffer from serious neglect.

:shocked:


This angers me to the highest ******ing level! What absolutely disgusting and worthless parents would let their child do this! Absolute scum!

It's even more horrific and unforgivable at age 3 when a child's body and brain are still in the very early stages of development and prone to all sorts of potential damage. Some kids don't have any luck do they, with neglectful, abusive parents like these?

He/She isn't even getting a proper chance at a normal life.... :(

"She had started raiding her parents' drinks "


They are Parents that need No Children.
No way

This needs to be on TV news

Don't deserve to have hids :(

Reminds me of that 2 year old in Thailand or somewhere that is addicted to smoking. When I saw the documentory about him I was agog

Here he is - 40 fags a day

omg he looks so ghetto

i bet all the other kids want to be his friend

:sad:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/...19_634x813.jpg

he reminds me of tony montana in this pic