Thomas Gouard
If alcoholism runs in your family, the one choice of a drink you should be cautious of during your recreation time or a time in stress is alcohol. With alcoholism in your family, it just makes you more prone to becoming an alcoholic, but you can be the result in the sprouting of a different direction depending on your choices in life. Other than being four times more likely to develop alcoholism than others that grew up in better conditions. Factors considered are lifestyle, mental health, demographics, environment and genetics, per American Addiction Centers – Children of Alcoholics.
The inspiration to share this writing came from – ‘It was my fault’: Former Badgers football star Montee Ball overcomes alcoholism, depression
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I grew up with wine from an early age as a child.
Now our family has been drinking wine with water for centuries and to be honest if I didn’t have any I would not miss it.
However, I don’t have it much because of the alcoholics in our community that has caused problems
We drank watered down wine. A drop of wine only a drop, and the rest water. We were told not to guzzle it down but to sip it slowly and swizzle it in your mouth and appreciate the taste.
Now I see people drink in one glass 3 of the glasses of what I had in one glass.
I honestly think people are stupid with alcohol
So I really don’t miss it.
Drinking it watered down actually does not sound bad.
The pre-disposition to self-medicate is much higher among Children and Grandchildren of Alcoholics.
William Bailey (Indiana University) studied that in the 1990s!
I’ll look him up. I enjoy reading articles and books about these things.
Bailey had an interesting program back in the 90’s a number of us spent the summer with him, becoming certified drug educators!
Very nice. Right now I’am at that crossroad of planning what school I will head to next with either social work or continuing addictions looming in the air.
follow your heart, it will know!
At this moment,as I reply this message I’am considering Chicago State because it keeps me in the addictions counseling field.
we need more people focused on that helping profession.
Trying to keep that alive and not burnout in my current caregiver job.
I always tell my wife – take care of yourself!
I’am doing that every chance I get, now that I have weekends off. I try to pamper myself because I know that I will be bogged down during the week working.
I agree with you because I know many such cases. Against alcohol, we must begin to fight already in our children.
I just cannot picture myself drinking infront of my children, if I had any.
children of a family with a hereditary predisposition to alcoholism are exposed to it early and are aware of the symptoms, whereas children from a dry house might actually have it worse…
And I feel for the ones that might have it worse in the dry house. I can definitely see that. In that case, lets home they have a strong spirituality base surrounding them.
and a network of friends who know what’s up
Friends that will not judge them based on inner and outer defects.
if someone is judging you, they are probably not your friend…
I totally agree. I would imagine that there would be some sort of closeness if the person has been around from the start.
this would be the general case
You are right but it is up to us to break that chain!
Yes, indeed. Break that chain, and continue to break it buy educating our kids.