Comments on: Will I Become an Alcoholic if My Parents Drink

By: Will I Become an Alcoholic

Will I Become an Alcoholic — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:46:15 +0000

Life is about decisions and deciding to not do alchol/drugs is an important one. There are enough stumbling blocks in life than to purposely add one on your own. Success is hard, make it as easy on yourself as possible. Don’t do drugs and be smart about drinking alcohol.

By: Alys

Alys — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:13:32 +0000

My mum dirnks and it scares me to think that she could die before watching grow up i’m 14 at the moment and want my mum there to see me grow up, have a wedding, have kids that sort of thing but i’m scared that when i’m older i will become an alcoholic and then i could die before watching my kids grow up and them having to go through living with an alcoholic parent like i have to and i don’t wish that on anybody. Because she is an alcoholic does that mean i will be to? all this is sort of new to me beacuse i have never found help and have never shared it with anyone but i still have that question even now could you please answear me as it would be a geat weight lifted off my shoulders
thanks.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 19:05:30 +0000

Hi Misaranj, you have a wise counselor at your school. It sounds like you have a healthy fear that will help to keep you from drinking.

Thank you for sharing!

By: J

Thu, 13 May 2010 13:41:50 +0000

Hi,

Thank you for this post. I go to a college (well I’ll be returning in fall) with a very unique approach to drugs and alcohol. It’s been very hard for me to feel comfortable during social situations, because a lot of people are drunk around me. I haven’t touched alcohol and my classmates always treat it with surprise, with many a “Are you sure you don’t want any?” in the conversations we have. I think the reason is because I’m afraid of becoming an alcoholic as well, but also because seeing people who are drunk makes me uneasy, just like at home. It’s no one’s fault (at least not my classmates’ fault, who are just enjoying their social activity) but my own, and I’m trying to work on that. Because I suffer from depression, a counselor at school, while surprised that I don’t touch alcohol, agreed that it would be better not to, given my family history and my depression.

Thanks.