I am a social drinker and have several alcoholics in my family. Is it genetic or maybe learned behavior to an extent? For example, I've noticed that on my mother's side of the family the children of her 10 siblings who were alcoholics tend to be the parents of the next generation of alcoholics. And so on and so on. My mother refused to even touch alcohol because she was afraid of what might happen to her and never drank a drop her entire life. I only a social drinker, though (not bragging) I can handle a lot more alcohol than most other women and a lot of men that I know. My cousin who was raised the same way is identical to me.

What I'm basically saying is that it seems to be genetic and learned behavior , too. I have the predisposition to become an alcoholic and if it's a behavior that I'm exposed to, and is part of my rearing, I am even more likely to abuse it.

Hmmm.... never thought this much about it before.

My favorite drinks are Sex on the Beach and Pina Colada.