I would like to know how many people think that alcoholism is environmental. On a scale 0-10, ten being the highest how much do you feel alcoholism is based on the influence of drinking parents?
Do you feel that alcoholism is because of his or her parents having drinking problems?
10
5 on average but 9 for your friend, its really a reverse bell curve with a lot of people on the no drinking side and a lot on alcoholism side with few in the center if the parents are extreme alcoholics.
it either causes a positive or negative influence because the kids follow by example or learn from their parents mistakes. at least with most of the people i know with parents who are alcoholics.
me drinkin has nothing to do with my mom drinking,. i drink cuz we all try drinking every now and then.. and i like it… dont blame all that crap on parents.
i dunno.. id say maybe 3
There is a genetic and social component to alcoholism but most alcoholics (around 80% or so) have no family history of alcoholism.
So I’ll go with a 4 for that.
I’d say it is in a sense… Both of my parents were alcoholics my entire childhood, and I turned out to despise drinking… But I think I picked up the addictive personality. I’m not addicted to alcohol, but I am addicted to cigarettes and cannabis…
I think the addiction aspect is it .. and most people use alcohol over anything else because it’s easiest to obtain.