He is a recovered alcoholic and only for get togethers which is like not a lot. And as for me I just drink on the Weekends sometimes but not all the time.
2006-06-16 05:39:19 · 23 answers · asked by Girly♥ 7 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
As a therapist, I can answer with what I was taught: that you have two risk factors that increase your chance of an addiction: 1) there are some genetics involved with alcoholism. Therefore IF your Dad has certain genetics and passed them on to you, you have several times greater risk of having a predisposition to respond addictively to intoxicating substances. But a predisposition still doesn't mean that you can't interrupt this cycle by not drinking or only drinking infrequently. (In my opinion this would be no more than one drink, once or twice a month. I have not checked this opinion against the current literature, though.)
2) If your household was filled with physical or emotional pain, neglect, unpredictable discipline, and the use of shame and guilt, you have emotional pain of your own. Your Dad was a role model of dealing with emotional pain through drinking. We tend to duplicate many of the patterns of our role models, so..... I highly recommend one of the types of therapists especially trained in the family dynamics of addicted families to help you learn other coping behaviors and to interrupt any beginning addiction problems.
2006-06-16 06:06:21 · answer #1 · answered by melody_leavitt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so, 'cause alcoholismus is not a hereditary illness. It's your choice to follow your father's steps or try to make something good for you. Your decision not to drink a lot is right and I hope that you will do the same thing in cases of problems, 'cause that's a situation when you are most likely to become an alcoholic!
2006-06-16 14:29:21 · answer #2 · answered by maria d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have made it this far, drinking some, and not falling into alcoholism, I'd say you'll be just fine. It doesn't seem to pass from father to daughter as much. As long as you haven't learned the behavior, you shouldn't have a problem.
However, you have to recognize that you are at a higher risk (which you seem to know) and be aware if you do start drinking more. It could mean trouble.
PS No one HAS to be an alcoholic.
2006-06-16 14:59:58 · answer #3 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you drink on the weekends? Do you binge? Do you get drunk when you drink every time? My dad was an alcoholic until I was 30 (not THAT long ago) and only drank beer and never drank on the job or before he had to go or before an important school meeting. He could also stop for a year and start again. I think he was a binge drinker. Anyway, you definitely WILL NOT become an alcoholic just because your father was one. That being said, watch for the signs and if you think it's starting get help.
2006-06-16 12:45:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My father is an alcoholic, but I am not. If I lose control of drinking, then I have become one too. You are lucky that your dad is a recovered alcoholic. He loves you enough to seek help for himself.
2006-06-16 12:52:40 · answer #5 · answered by shirokuma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is said that alcoholism is a genetic disease. That being said, everyone still has a choice even if that choice might be harder because it is in your genes. My mom's side of the family is filled with alcoholics. I am not. My friend has a non-drinking family but he is destroying his life and body with alcohol.
2006-06-16 12:46:07 · answer #6 · answered by Rev Mel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not nesessarily, but there is a higher probability since alcoholism can be passed along through the generations. Be very careful drinking. If you find that you often drink to get drunk, that's a bad sign. If you can drink in moderation and easily quit at any time, that's a good sign. Talk to your doctor if you have more questions (and/or your Dad).
2006-06-16 12:45:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no my father was a severe alcoholic. i dont know why i said was. my mom and dad both still are. i drink casually but i am not an alcoholic.
2006-06-16 13:39:44 · answer #8 · answered by meredith o 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some experts are trying to say that Alcoholic's are genetic and there is a link to having a genetic disposition..I DO NOT believe that, I think if you grow up around drinking alot, then you PICK up that and its a learned behaviour...If you dont want to be come like that, then you wont..its that simple, its called moderation..
2006-06-16 12:45:23 · answer #9 · answered by ~Sinfully~Exquisite~Stalking~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are chances that you will drink, but being a alcoholic is not there.
2006-06-16 13:22:03 · answer #10 · answered by Male Sicilian Trauma Nurse 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋