Hey Weasel, love the Charlie Brown profile pic
When it comes to my alcohol addiction I only blame me. I don't know how much genetics comes into play but for the most part I knew my family were bad drunks and I still decided to pick up at a young age. Partially not understand part experimenting, in the end it was me.
I reacted as bad as my uncle and dad when I would drink in excess: become violent, even at a young age. Even as the signs pointed to hey maybe this drinking thing is bad I still picked up. No matter how sick I would be from to much drinking and swore to never pick up again, the next weekend comes around and bam.. drink down my throat.
I dug this hole for myself. It's a pretty deep hole but it was me that did it and continues to do. All blame lies on the choice's I made way before I even understood what they would do to me later in life.