Welcome... and good luck on your journey into sobriety. One thing I do have to say is that yes, it is shown that alcoholism can be genetic...but sometimes it is not... pretty much anyone can become an alcoholic if they drink enough and often enough. I personally didn't know what defined an alcoholic, but I am in a field where I have had courses on medical/dental genetics which have included alcoholism as an inherited disease of sorts. Possibly you have inherited the ever elusive alcoholism gene, but it is never a sure thing. Women actually have a MUCH higher threshold than men. This unfortunately does also mean that if a woman has a son and in fact has the genetic defect of sorts, he does have an even better chance of becoming alcoholic if he isn't careful. Just be sure that you didn't have yourself in this boat by assumption that you have the genetics for it. It may just have been the habit that ended up causing dependence. Stay strong at any rate
