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Alcoholism is the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages, even when it is negatively affecting your health, work, relationships and life. If you think alcohol is causing you to lose control, it's time to seek help. Our group is a safe place to vent, check in, get back up if you fall, and reach sobriety.

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Me and my husband were talking yesterday about how the "Say no to drugs" programs miss an important topic; family history. Man I wish someone would have said to me "look at your family, does either of your parents have drinking or smoking addictions?" Grandparents, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, if so you really need to be careful about drinking or experimenting with drugs. You may think it's all within your control, but it sneaks up on you. I never even drank until I was 23 and all it took was a month or so of being depressed and turning to booze and there was no turning back.
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But I have 2 great sons so can we change it, well someone has to break the chain, they both know our family history, they visited me in hospital, so they are fully aware of the problems they may face.
We keep an eye on each other now, sadly my sons drink, but it has not got out of control, and all we can do is monitor the situation.
Strangely all of my past family started drinking beyween 23 & 27 then they did it with a vegence, I always hoped that I would not succumb, but the crap knows no Boundries, nearly 2 years sober and intend to stay that way, I do not want my sons to lose the time that I lost with my Father.
This is a good post, for any out there, cos if there is a history in your family, you should be double carefull, it's not proven, but percentage wise it's strongly suggested that it is very possibly a gene thing.
I remebering family saying to me, your just like the rest, well I was, but I am also the first that has tried to get away from this dreaded curse.
All we can do now, is pass our experience on to others, hoping that they get the message before we did.
Thanks for the post, it stirred a few memories
Trickey
My youngest son knows all of this also plus the fact that his mother is an alcoholic also, sober over 20 years. They both choose to drink today. that is their choice. they both know help is there if they need it. Now I leave them into God's Hands and his Mercy. This is all we can do for our children: educate, teach, and be there. Would have like to take them to meetings when they were younger, but circumstances prevented that.
I notices also parents who start by bringing their children to meetings at an age they can understand have less problems of alcoholism with their children than parents who do not.