Wanted to see if their is any correlation.
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Private voting.
Your parents, your spouse, you, and alcohol
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Badass, I'm seeing a trend in your posts!
02/12/2012
Both of my parents were alcoholics. I am pretty sure this led to me not being one. They weren't abusive just irresponsible.
02/12/2012
I drink on a social basis, and my parents rarely drink (my mom drinks more, wine usually). Neither are alcoholics, but I do have alcoholics in the family on my moms side. I barely know them though.
02/12/2012
Can there be an in-between on the parents thing? My parents enjoy a good beer, but they're not alcoholics.
02/12/2012
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Is that a bad thing?
Originally posted by
karay123
Badass, I'm seeing a trend in your posts!
02/12/2012
You sure make a lot of alcohol related posts!!
My dad is an alcoholic. I used to drink every night, now I drink once every few months. My husband drinks, but is not to the point where I would consider him an alcoholic. There are periods he does not drink at all and some where he drinks a small amount daily. He is drunk only every few months.
My dad is an alcoholic. I used to drink every night, now I drink once every few months. My husband drinks, but is not to the point where I would consider him an alcoholic. There are periods he does not drink at all and some where he drinks a small amount daily. He is drunk only every few months.
02/12/2012
My mom does not drink at all. My dad enjoys the occasional bottle of wine.. (it's not like that! we're Italian. It's in our blood ) I drink almost every night anywhere from a couple of glasses to a bottle depending on what I feel like. I have never been drunk nor do I feel the 'need' to consume alcohol. It's a 'want' thing.
02/12/2012
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There have been actual non-annecdotal research done on this topic. This type of questionnaire is as sensitive for adult children of alcoholics as rape questions are for rape victims.
Originally posted by
Badass
Wanted to see if their is any correlation.
Private voting.
Private voting.
Making the post annonymous is a great first step but there is quite a bit of shaming vocabulary (unintentional as it is) in your questions. Adult survivors of addictive behavior carry a lot of guilt and fear about their own alcohol consumption and the correlation between being raised by addicts and addictive behavior is well understood and documented.
I don't mean to be confrontational just raise awareness that this sort of forum hurts and raises "triggers" as other forms of trauma discussions do.
It was a shock to find that it triggered negative emotions in myself, and I am fully out about my childhood.
I, personally, am female and my father is a recovering violent alcoholic. My mother is a classic enabler from a long line of alcoholics and enablers. I drink but it doesn't ever interfer with my life and I am getting help for the other MUCH more important issues that alcoholism leaves behind. My spouse drinks as frequently as I do, which is to say not very! Arch doesn't drink because he is on meds that interact poorly with alcohol.
02/12/2012
I drink occassionally, and so do my parents.
02/12/2012
I drink sometimes, maybe once a week, same for my boyfriend. My mother hardly ever drank when I was growing up, and my father only drank when we were out or in the summer time at neighborhood parties.
02/12/2012
My parents drink/drank but they're not alcoholics. There wasn't an option for that. I, myself, drink sometimes. Very rarely, really.
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My parents didn't drink at all until my brother and I were out of the house. Now they occasionally have wine or beer. My brother doesn't drink at all, and I drink very rarely.
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Hey, its legal. I'm allowed to get drunk... often.
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I am a male. I don't drink. No one in my immediate family drink.
Originally posted by
Badass
Wanted to see if their is any correlation.
Private voting.
Private voting.
02/12/2012
none of us drink more than the occasional drink. Maybe 2-3 times a year each of us will have a mixed drink or glass of wine.
02/12/2012
I am female and I drink very rarely, but definitely abused alcohol as a teen to self-medicate. My parents both drink, but neither are alcoholics.
02/12/2012
I do not drink.
02/12/2012
Well you forgot a few poll options that would have been nice.
Ex:
I'm a female and my parents drank, but were NOT alcoholics/drank sometimes.
My spouse drinks sometimes.
The only alcoholics in my family were uncles and aunts.
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I'm a female and my parents drank, but were NOT alcoholics/drank sometimes.
My spouse drinks sometimes.
The only alcoholics in my family were uncles and aunts.
02/13/2012
I've been fortunate that none of my loved ones are alcoholics.
02/13/2012
the corlation you seem to be looking for is the gene in charged of addictions. it can be passed down geneticly =/
02/13/2012
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I was thinking the same thing.
Originally posted by
FemmeFlo
Can there be an in-between on the parents thing? My parents enjoy a good beer, but they're not alcoholics.
02/13/2012
My father is an alcoholic, my mother drinks sometimes. I drink socially with friends, and my husband just doesn't really drink much.
02/13/2012
my grandpa was an alcoholic, my dad never drank in his life. but his brother does nothing but drinks. I drink sometimes, but I never get drunk. I just have a beer or 2.
02/13/2012
Because of all the negativity that has occured in my lifetime with my mom and my brother (and several other family members that were alcoholics) I am not a big drinker myself. I am one of the ones that "knew better" to get into it and stopped myself before it got to that point. I was big into drinking when I was younger and dumber, but since my kids and marriage, I only drink a few times a year.
02/13/2012
My parents never drank and honestly it only made me more curious about it.
02/14/2012
My mother used to drink a little brandy but never got wasted.
I, on the other hand love to be wasted.
I, on the other hand love to be wasted.
02/14/2012
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My parents went out a few times when I was younger and they were together but NOTHING like I see young parents these days doing. Neither are alcoholics or really drink anymore, especially my mom. I drink rarely and when I do it isn't enough to get remotely drunk. My fiance does every now and then if we go out or he will have a drink for dinner but it's not a problem. I made it clear when we got together where I stood on certain issues, alcohol and drugs being a major one. I had a problem in the past with an ex that was abusive and when I finally got out I swore I'd never date a drinker or someone that smokes weed (which I was oblivious and didn't know for years)
Originally posted by
Badass
Wanted to see if their is any correlation.
Private voting.
Private voting.
02/14/2012
My parents never drank my wife a little back before she met me but not really and I never have no desire to wake up face down in my own vomit
02/14/2012
My parents never drank, but I do on occasion.
02/14/2012
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