Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

Well both my parents were alcoholic but of the three kids that marriage produced only I became alcoholic. It is a result of the way the liver processes alcohol. I'm at work and don't have time to relate what I've learned on the issue. But when I say genetic predisposition I'm saying that it's physiological and if the body processes alcohol differently the condition can develop.

Bottom line, I cannot control my drinking, my brother and sister can.