Old 04-20-2015, 08:42 AM
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chordcowboy
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Hi Sober Freckles

Fascinating question.

I feel pretty certain there is such a thing - simple observation provides me with ample evidence.

In addition, I would say that what we call personality is obviously (to me at least!) a mixture of genetic predisposition and patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving embedded over time, especially in formative years.

All of the work on genome sequencing suggests very strongly that there is a great deal in the way that we process certain proteins and produce and re-uptake others (like neurotransmitters). So, some people may be essentially super-responders to alcohol but that is only one tiny aspect of the myriad of genetic characteristics that might make various styles of addiction more likely.

I can trace alcohol problems through 5 generations of my family including households that were 'highly sociable' and others that were mainly teetotal.

For me, that is all very fascinating. However the only question that really matters is, 'what the heck am I going to do about it?!?!?!'

Still working on that one - but making progress!!!

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