What are the factors that causes alcoholism in a person?

Answer 1

Heredity and environment

Answer 2

Despite of what medical litature suggests, e.g. family history, the primary factor in alcoholism is the alcoholic, themselves, and their passion to want to drink. It all starts with the first drink and the reason they begin to drink, in the first place.

For example, if they take a drink because they like to party and have fun, fun they will have. However, when there is a depressing moment in their life, they can only relate to their first drink and how much better it made them feel - fun.

No matter how stero-typical this may sound, the saying is true, alcoholic's "drink like a fish." A fish, whien you think about it, is ALWAYS surrounded by water (liquor).

There must be something enjoyable about it. Many times, health issues occur during and without the drinkers' knowledge of it occuring.

All they have do is drink. Health issues arise, but the alcoholic overlooks them, often, because they have produced a habit.

As you know, with a habit comes craving, influences (i.e. friends that also drink), and determination. It become quite a challange to "hustle-up" on money to buy a drink everyday.

Pretty soon, all the alcoholic can do is make enough money -just-to get another drink. This is somewhat like life is depriving them of what belongs to them.

The more you try and stop them, the more they want to drink. The alcoholic have a backward way of thinking: when fourced to go without a drink, instead of realizing they can go without one, that is when they realize how much they need one.

Hope this answers your question!

Answer 3

Drinking too much; whenever you get into trouble, you've been drinking; thinking about drinking when you aren't; being upset if you feel like you haven't gotten enough to drink; drinking before you even go out for the evening to get a "head start" or so it looks as though you haven't had that much....I could go on and on.

Is it hereditary? It can be, yes. Children of alcoholics have a higher rate of becoming alcoholics themselves.

Answer 4

The biggest factor I have found is if you have a family background of alcohol abuse.In other words it can run in families,find out if family members have had a problem and usually there lies your factor.......

Answer 5

Primarily heredity, secondarily upbringing. Those who had alcoholic parents are at much higher risk of being alcoholic themselves. Not that everyone will mind you, mine were, and I simply avoid alcohol, and always will. But that is pretty much it in a nutshell.

Answer 6

Amount of alcohol one consumes and amount of women controlling his life. Genetics plays a role too.