I believe alcoholism is innate. Once they give into alcohol they are hooked.

I have/has a few alcoholics in my family. one a cousin who cleaned up his act , built a new business and all was looking well, but he skidded his car on black ice and died.

I can't tell you how said that was.

And my brother who is now sick. He blames himself, but at the end of the day, I don't believe he chose to drink hard.He wasn't a nice drunk either. Is there such a thing?