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A 7 page research paper arguing quite strongly that alcoholism is, in fact, a hereditary disease linked to our genes. Using the findings of specific studies in books and journals, the writer debunks the myth that alcohol is a social disease and that the only familial influences are those related to peer pressure and modeling. Both sides of the argument are weighed, assessed, and the ultimately conclusion that alcoholism is hereditary-- is reached. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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of a social nature. It is adherents to this argument who claim that the exclusive contributors to this "disease" are of poor social upbringing, economic status, or even just mimicking
drinking behaviors observed in their parents and/or other role models of the drinker. But as this report shall demonstrate, the evidence from a great deal of research is that in
at least in some cases, there is a genetic basis for alcoholism. However, no researcher claims that genetics can predict alcoholism very well. Most children of alcoholics do not become
alcoholic, and most alcoholics do not have alcoholic parents. Therefore, the idea that alcoholism is purely a "social disease --transmitted via the observing of behaviors and other socio-cultural factors --
clearly is not a sound one at all. Part of the problem with the argument that alcoholism is a social disease is that those that do not
believe alcoholism is genetic-- point solely at the behavioral and upbringing factors. Most heavy drinking or alcoholic families do indeed produce moderate-drinking offspring. At the same time, they also
point to other research which documents that compared to the general population, there is a high rate of alcoholism among the offspring of alcoholic families (Vaillant 15). But the very
fact that two collective bodies of research could provide such a mixed response, suggests that there is indeed reason to disbelieve the theory that alcoholism is transmitted socially. After
all, if it were a condition passed down via familial observation, alcoholism would most likely do so in every case, -or-- at the very least, every case of alcoholism would
be traceable to some family-orientated social root. But such is simply not the case. So together, these findings raise questions about the factors in some alcoholic families that protect offspring
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