Suekie

Were one or both of your parents alcoholics?

mfanch

Dad, alcoholic (recovered 33 years)
Mom, codie (recovered 4 years)

Mom went into alanon when I got sober.

least

I have the dubious distinction of being the first alcoholic in my family on both sides.

Received

Father
Grandmother (paternal)
Grandfather (paternal)
Grandfather (maternal)

latter two died as a direct result of drinking alcohol
Grandmother, it is said, "phased out of it"
Father still imbibed but was put on a tight leash by my step-mother (who is a wonderful woman). He passed a few years back.

I was drinking obsessively from my first drink at around 16 years of age.

LindaLou

Seems like all of my family were/are alcoholics. My dad died from it when I was 7. Mom is 83 now and just recently quit (again).

Suekie

For me, both of my parents, though my dad much, much more severe.

He's gotten several DUIS, it ruined my parents marriage, I was scared to death of him as a kid, he has gone years being sober before but always relapses, he is currently 71 and I fear he doesn't have much time left.

I'll never forget when I was 18, half a lifetime ago, and I got caught drinking at a campground with friends and court ordered to AA meetings. I walked in with a group of friends, thinking it was the funniest joke in the world, and ran into my dad (whom I hadn't seen in years) there. I'll never forget.. "Sue.. what are you doing here?". We had a good laugh about it. It's not so funny anymore, 18 years later.

Tabbj

I can not really say on this ...
I grew up in bar rooms, when parents wanted to go out I was usually pushed onto a babysitter or went to a friend's house when older

EternalQ

Neither of my parents were alcoholics.

But my Mother's Father was a severe alcoholic
who basically died in the gutter in the street before I was born.

I guess it skipped a generation.

CharlieNoogan

I'm in the same boat as EternalQ. My parents rarely drink, but primarily because they witnessed the worst of my alcoholic grandfather's drinking and eventual recovery. The sad thing is, after he got sober he only enjoyed recovery for about six or seven years before dying at age 57 of esophageal cancer likely caused by his drinking.

I was continually warned about the dangers of alcohol growing up and had great role models in my parents. I, however, did not follow their example upon becoming independent and my drinking was a train wreck almost from the start.

Seeing as several of my great-uncles also died of complications related to alcoholism, I tend to agree that genetics plays a significant role in the development of addiction when the right environmental and emotional factors present themselves.

heath480

My Mother was an Alcoholic.

ippochick

my mother and father are alcoholic, as was the stepfather i grew up with.

all of that fear as a child, and here i am, a recovering alcoholic myself. the difference being, i'm the first to face up to it.

Johnston

Maternal grandfather likely one, as well as paternal great uncle. Weird how this disease skips around.

solarflare

My father was alcoholic, and prescription drugs. Died at age 49 by self inflicted gun shop wound to the head. R.I.P.,dad.

SoberForMySon

My parents and grandparents are not alcoholics, but my dad's brother is. I suspect two of my great grandfathers were, but I don't know for sure.

jaynie04

My mother is an alcoholic (36 years sober)

Her mother was an alcoholic (died active)

sixstring

My dad was. Died from a bleedout at 60.

hokey

My mother
Both my brothers
One uncle (that I know of ... not really a close family)
Maternal Grandmother
Paternal Grandmother

DoPerdition

Maternal Grandmother
Maternal Grandfather
Paternal Grandfather
Father
Mother
Older Sister

courage2

paternal grandfather
father
2/2 paternal uncles
maternal aunt
sister
other sister (?)

Stang

Neither parent was an alcoholic. My mother was adopted though so there may have been some in her family.