Originally Posted by
brokenheartfool 
Yes I do believe that.
I know that there are genetic predispositions, or more genetically susceptible people. I think this is widely accepted, especially with the extreme vulnerability of say, Native Americans. We're all human though, and I believe we all have the vulnerability, just that some are more vulnerable.
I believe that anybody who pounds alcohol long enough will become mired in the alcoholic fog of thinking, learn to crave, learn to seek alcohol to escape or distort reality. 6 years into pounding alcohol, I too came to crave, to think alcoholically (that the rules didn't apply to me).
I think I narrowly dodged a bullet when I stopped joining the party.
I believe this too. And I realized I believe this just this morning, developing my answer (post) to the original post, and reading your posts on this thread
brokenheart. I know I read somewhere that the consumption of alcohol actually changes the cells of your brain. That once you consume at a certain level, you cannot change the cell structure back. They are forever changed and will always expect the alcohol in the bloodstream, something like that. I think I read it in one of the medical-type Alcoholism books. I wish I could speak to it more fluently.
It makes sense to me in my observations of myself, my own drinking behavior and addiction, and the drinking behavior/addiction of others. I tell the kids in my family all the time, just don't start.