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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (207075)	10/16/2004 11:49:52 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Respond to of 1572232

Yes, and that is a wonderful ending to an otherwise sad story. :) It's not always good to follow in a parent's footsteps. With alcoholism, it is wise to counsel children about it so that hopefully they can avoid it, knowing that it runs and families and they need to be careful.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (207075)	10/17/2004 3:43:45 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572232

If you know any people whose parents are alcoholic you will sometimes find that they are alcoholic. Often the children avoid alcohol almost entirely. They saw what ti did to their parents, and don't wish to end the same way. The disease typically skips a generation. However, the children of an alcoholic become what's called a 'dry drunk'. They manifest many of the same characteristics of an alcoholic but they don't drink. But then, if you look at the children of those children, they tend to be alcoholics. While the disease may be passed genetically, there are learned behaviors of an alcoholic that become a dysfunction that's passed from one family member to the next.