Originally Posted by
GiveLove 
I always invite people to step over here to this forum if they're curious about how their kids are going to turn out. It has turned more than a few heads toward a better direction.
This statement saddened me because it made me think about the fact that having an ACOA for a parent is pretty awful as well.
My parents are both ACOAs who didn't drink at all when I was a kid and their children are both raging alcoholics (and in my case an addict as well). I'm new to SR, but I'm guessing this is probably a common pattern. It's like a generational pendulum that swings from addict to neurotic teetotaller and back again.