The Diary of a Victim of an Alcoholic

Alcoholism and Genetics - photo chaserpaul Judging by my experiences with Jane I have to conclude the a tendency to alcoholism is inherited, which when compounded by questionable early parenting, can drive the person to becoming an alcoholic sometimes. It is surprising, though, that we still don't know for sure if Alcoholism and Genetics go together, meaning that some people are predisposed to alcoholism due to their genetic make up. Considering the massive amount of depression and unhappiness alcoholism causes and the damage it does to society you'd have thought more work would have been done. Maybe it's also about commerce. The amount of tax the governments collect from booze is astonishing. Society needs alcoholics to keep the buses running. Alcoholics are a rather irritating side effect of the need to sell booze to raise taxes. I also wonder if it is wider than a simple gene making people alcoholics - that's too simplistic. I know this sounds a bit amateurish but I...

Genetics depression alcoholism go together. My partner is an example. Genetics I believe that the cause of alcoholism is both genetic (nature) and due to experience (nurture). My partner's family demonstrate some traits that indicate a possible predisposition to alcoholism. Her mother is bird like and eats little. My partner is thin and weight obsessed (she would heavily deny this and argue about it - she is very defensive too). She is borderline anorexic and demonstrates that she does not particularly like food. Her weight can fall into the 7 stone bracket (44 kilogrammes) but is currently OK at about 8+ stones. She is 5 feet 6 inches tall. She is also borderline bulimic which shows when she makes herself sick over and over again for hour after hour after she has been on a binge and is in the process of stopping. She takes laxatives most of the time. Her sister is borderline anorexic too. Both are very defensive. My partner tells me that her mother has had a drink pro...