Alcoholism

[Eilonnwy]

Pippy, I'm going to say this once more. Children can inherit characteristics from there parents based on what they grew up with. I'm talking about learned behavior. It's still "inherited" in the sense that it was passed from parent to child, but not through genetics. As stated, people go to what they know, even if what they know is abusive and dangerous. If they grew up learning that alcoholism is the way to deal with problems from their parents, they may learn that behavior and thus become alcoholics themselves. That simple.

I cannot explain this any better, if you still don't "get it", I give up.