Alcohol-related disabilities ‘invisible’ in Canada, advocates say

FASDay, a global awareness day for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), is held on the ninth day of the ninth month for a reason. "Some people will say: 'Oh, my mother drank so I'm fine.' But we don't know how many IQ points you lost," says Brian Philcox, who organizes the day every year, with his wife Bonnie Buxton. When you're planning a pregnancy, that's when you should stop drinking."
alcohol and addiction news