If alcoholism runs in my family, how do i know if i have or will inherit this disease?
Question by EZ: If alcoholism runs in my family, how do i know if i have or will inherit this disease?
Alcoholism is in my family but i didnt clearly understand it until now. Grandfather was a terrible alcoholic and mother has inherited the disease but avoids it by not touching a drink in 25 years. If uncle (250 lbs) touches one drink, he gets mood swings and very aggressive.
How do I know if I will inherit this disease and if so, what are the characteristics i should be watching for in my drinking life?
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Answer by raysny
You don’t inherit alcoholism, you may inherit the genes that will make it easier to become an alcoholic, but you won’t become one unless you overindulge on a consistent basis for a long period of time.
You can become a problem drinker regardless of your drinking history, but you have to work at becoming an alcoholic.
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Q&A: Alcoholism is considered a disease, so what about overeating?
Question by Yomi: Alcoholism is considered a disease, so what about overeating?
There are people who can drink and not be addicted. There are people who can eat the wrong foods once and a while but not all the time. Then there are people who want nothing more than to stop drinking or stop eating the wrong foods, but fail at every attempt even though their very lives are affected in horrendous ways by it, whether they are too drunk to play with their kids or too fat to run around with them. Do you think food addiction is as real as alcoholism? I know I am opening up an opportunity for some mean spirited answers, but I don’t care. I want to know what the general public thinks, and why nothing more is done for it.
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Answer by Dustin M
Yes, Food Addiction is DEFINATELY an addiction. Just like drinking, smoking, self-harm, drugs, or any other number of addictions. They all have something in common: They release endorphins.
Eating releases endorphins when you eat stuff that tastes good.
Drinking releases endorphins because your body “loses” control of it’s chemicals and releases just a bit too much when you’re drunk.
Self-harm releases endorphins because when you hurt yourself (example: cutting), your body makes natural painkillers to help you out in your time of pain.
Drugs release endorphins because, well, they just tell the body to not stop releasin’ them. That’s why cocaine/ecstasy addicts become depressed because those endorphin pathways get so tired they break, and nothing (including your “happy chemical” endorphins) can travel across them.
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How exactly is alcoholism (and drug abuse for that matter) considered a disease?
Question by shipit67: How exactly is alcoholism (and drug abuse for that matter) considered a disease?
My dad is a piece of crap alcoholic. The alcoholics anonymous “Big Book” compares alcoholism to an allergy and an illness. Am I the only one who is saying “huh?!” You have to DRINK in order to become an alcoholic, whereas contracting most forms of illness, (with the exception of STD’s, lung cancer induced from smoking, etc.) are contracted through no fault of the person stricken with the illness. My dad didn’t have to start drinking, he chose to.
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Answer by bt
there are many people who drink alcohol, and a small percent are actually alcoholics. if your dad never drank, you’re right, he couldn’t be an alcholic. it seems that some people are more genetically predisposed to becoming addicted to alcohol (think about that for your future). it becomes an issue when someone actually becomes dependent on alcohol, meaning that they have withdrawal symptoms when they go without alcohol. the best thing you can be is supportive, especially if he’s trying to stop. that can be very hard to do. good luck.
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Why do some people call alcoholism a disease?
Question by john: Why do some people call alcoholism a disease?
If you have Aids and you stop having sex, Aids will still be in your system. If you are an alcoholic and you stop drinking, alcohol will no longer be in your system.
Besides that, most diseases have medication to treat the disease. What do you do to treat alcoholism, take medication? No, you stop drinking, that’s how.
A word that is commonly found in the definition of disease is “involuntary”. But when you drink alcohol, that is voluntary, not involuntary!
I also believe that many alcoholics will say that they have a disease because that takes some of the responsibility off them so they don’t have to be responsible for their actions.
What do you think?
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Answer by ohyes_x_killa
I definately agree. My mom’s boyfriend is an alcoholic and my mother always tells me “he cant help it, it is a disease” which i think is complete bullsh!t. people just dont want to take the responsibility for their problem. they want to feel like they HAVE to keep drinking. but there are PLENTY of facilities where a person can go to get rid of the “disease.”
Alcoholics will put the blame (for many things) on other people a lot.
There is a south park episode that deals with this and it’s really funny, by the way. lol
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Is alcoholism a disease or an addiction?
Question by Honiss: Is alcoholism a disease or an addiction?
I would like to see your thoughts on this. Some say that it’s a hereditary disease some say you become addicted to it like drugs. Yes it may be different for everyone but would any of you agree that alcoholism can be hereditary?
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