[Tazman53]

One of the most interesting studies mentioned in either "Under The Influence" or "Beyond The Influence" was one comparing how different childrens livers processed alcohol.

They took children where both parents were alcoholics and (Not sure how) gave them alcohol and found that thier livers processed alcohol exactly like an alcoholic's liver would process alcohol.

They did the same thing with children where there were no known alcoholics in their familys and found that thier livers processed the alcohol like a non-alcoholics.

A conclusion that could be drawn from that study is that alcoholism could be genetic.

I know that both of my grandfathers were alcoholics, my father was an alcoholic, my brother is an alcoholic and my son is an alcoholic.

By the grace of God they all found recovery, my father went to his grave sober after 19 years of sobriety, not to bad for a man who experienced a black out for over 3 months! It started in No. Africa during WWII when Italy was still under the rule of the Axis and ended in a hospital in Italy.