Abusive Drinking and A Family History of Alcohol Related Fatalities
Rachael watched her father drink himself to death and join a long list of alcohol related fatalities in her family. Rachael’s maternal great grandfather, paternal grandfather, and several aunts and uncles on both sides of the family either died directly from hazardous and abusive drinking or their lives were substantially shortened due to their chronic alcohol abuse or alcoholism.
At one point Rachael began wondering if she too would become an alcohol abuser or an alcohol dependent person and die prematurely from this disease.
In fact, Rachael was so worried about this that she scheduled an appointment with her doctor to discuss her concerns regarding her drinking and her family history of drinking problems.
Her doctor told her that alcohol addiction does in fact run in families and that if she made sure to always drink in moderation, she probably wouldn’t face any serious alcohol related problems.
Then her doctor told her that if she wanted to make sure that he would never have to fear alcohol dependency and any alcohol related problems all she would have to do is totally stop drinking. In all honesty, this second option was making more and more sense to Rachael the more she thought about her family and the damaging and life threatening consequences they faced because of their abusive and irresponsible drinking.
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