Why does alcoholism and drug abuse seem to run in families? Mine has a horrible line of abusers.
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My mum and dad were anti! I mean would have KILLED me if they'd known what I got up to.. With the drinking, smoking, cocaine taking...
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The tendencies are in your dna. Some people are more likely to succumb to addictions than others. Some people have more of a taste for things than others. Just because you are prone to it though doesn't mean you have to become an addict. You have more than your dna, you have free will.
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My mother was a alcoholic but it just put me off and non of us have turned out to be big drinkers..guess we were lucky.
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There are some genetic tendencies, but largely it is how you were raised. My own mother drinks heavily, which stresses me out. She also suffers from depression. I was taught to drink to relieve stress - it is what I saw my parents do. I drank quite a lot before I wised up to what it was doing to my body.
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