genetic alcoholism

[liindsaylovely]

im 15 years old and im an alcoholic.i drink every day and this has been going on for 6 months.my dad was an alcoholic since he was 15 to 50 years old. could this be a connection??

[easternbrain]

well I dont think genes has anything to do with aloholism. my grandfather never even touched it, my dad used to take it socially and I take it regularly....

Is this habit evolutionary?:D

[james]

im 15 years old and im an alcoholic.i drink every day and this has been going on for 6 months.my dad was an alcoholic since he was 15 to 50 years old. could this be a connection??

There is a strong genetic component to alcoholism and you are right to see this. You have far higher risk of becoming an alcoholic if one of your parents was.

So yes, it is very likely that this is the connection.

[addictionstyle]

There is no genetic connection in his alcoholism and your addiction. Genes do not afect the addiction in a person rather it is the social circle and the mental state of the person which affect the alcoholism.

[rapistt]

There is a strong genetic component to alcoholism and you are right to see this. You have far higher risk of becoming an alcoholic if one of your parents was.

So yes, it is very likely that this is the connection.

There are no genetic link to alcoholicm and studies have proved it. Earlier there was notion that alcoholism run in family but it proved wrong.

[Roxy]

I do not understand why people think that alcoholic has anything to do with chromosomes. I would advice all those who think that alcoholism is genetic go and meet some doctor. Alcoholism is the totally a environmental related problem and not genetic.

[hazephase]

Its easy to blame our parents for all our problems . You will alway hear a fat perosn give all types of reasons why they are fat and a addict give you all types of reason why they are not addicted but the truth is never spoken

[Belucci]

It is proved and well known that there is no relation between the genes and alcoholism. It is the excuses that people make to justify their addiction.

[easternbrain]

Well then I think we all agree that it proves my point.

[marlboro]

I have seen many people giving such excuses that it run in their family so they are alcoholic. No one in my family is alcoholic except me. My dad and mom do not drink neither their parents were but I become alcoholic because of my friend circle. so it the society that made you alcoholic not the genes.

[SingleAgain]

Counter to the opinion in this thread, studies have found that there is a genetic component. If twins were separated and one became an alcoholic, then the other, thousands of miles away, would have a 40% chance of becoming alcoholic. That is far greater than the general population, yet they had no contact.

[attagirl]

Whether or not it is attributed to genics. My question to you is "Why did you start drinking". This will answer more questions than you may realize. For instance if there was something going on that caused you to drink in the first place then you might need to address that issue instead of saying well I drink because my dad did. You have the right to choose what you do and how you live your life.

[Archbob]

I think its more of a social thing than a genetic thing. Since your dad did it, you probably grew up watching him drink every day and just got the impression it was a normal thing to do. Parents' behaviors are very influential on their Children in things like this.

[easternbrain]

I absolutely agree with this that its more social thing rather than related to genes. But how do you account for it when your dad did not drink and was completely against it but you started having it?

[marlboro]

Counter to the opinion in this thread, studies have found that there is a genetic component. If twins were separated and one became an alcoholic, then the other, thousands of miles away, would have a 40% chance of becoming alcoholic. That is far greater than the general population, yet they had no contact.

I doubt!!!! I have two reasons for it, first it that twins have almost similar chromosome make up still there appreciable difference in the chromosomes. What you said about the twins proves the social effect not genetic. In the study environmental effect is more then genetic. Second there is no gene in the human genetic pool which account for alcoholism.

[easternbrain]

Can the supporters of the 'genetic involvement idea' give some link to maintain their argument so that we can all check and verify it? :confused:

[Archbob]

Even though I think it is more social than genetic. I think there has been research showing that some people are more prone to it than others. This does not mean that these people will become alcoholics, but it means that they need to be more careful than most.

[easternbrain]

Absolutely. Not all people in the world are same and hence people more prone or more susceptible to alcoholism should rather stay away from it.

[rafael]

There is no such term as genetic alcoholism. This a just and excuse which weaker people make to hide their helplessness in front of other people.

[Mess]

Alcoholism has not nothing to do with genes and hereditery so it wrong if people connect it with genes. its true that if parents are alcoholic then chances of their children to be alcoholic increases but that is due to social reason not genetic reason.