For a long time, specialists in the alcoholism field have suspected what these laboratory findings verified. Specialists have noticed, for- years, that through the exploration of an alcoholic's family history, there is inevitably. evidence of alcoholism within said family. In virtually all cases of alcoholism, there -is a family predisposition - an abnormality in the body chemistry - toward the manufacturing of THIQ.
We know alcoholics don't intend to make THIQ when they start. drinking and become addicted to alcohol. They don't mean for their brains to manufacture something stronger than morphine. They've been warned about the evils of narcotics but they've heard a great deal less about the power and potential of alcohol. Most people take a drink now and then and according to a study done by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 92% of high school seniors have had experiences with alcohol & 67% are current users (1987). Within our society alcohol consumption is not just accepted behavior, it is expected.
Unfortunately, the alcoholics-to-be aren't equipped to process alcohol in the normal way. They are unaware of their predisposition toward the THIQ production their brain's chemistry has inherited. Most people didn't know anything about this condition until fairly recently. So the alcoholics-to-be innocently start drinking moderately in the beginning, maybe a few drinks on the weekends. As their drinking progresses, they might get seriously drunk two or three times a year. No real life problems seem to have developed. During all these drinking episodes, the brain is busy making a little cache of THIQ. At some point, maybe sooner or later, the alcoholic will cross over that shadowy line into a whole new alcoholic way of life.
We know alcoholics don't intend to make THIQ when they start. drinking and become addicted to alcohol. They don't mean for their brains to manufacture something stronger than morphine. They've been warned about the evils of narcotics but they've heard a great deal less about the power and potential of alcohol. Most people take a drink now and then and according to a study done by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 92% of high school seniors have had experiences with alcohol & 67% are current users (1987). Within our society alcohol consumption is not just accepted behavior, it is expected.
Unfortunately, the alcoholics-to-be aren't equipped to process alcohol in the normal way. They are unaware of their predisposition toward the THIQ production their brain's chemistry has inherited. Most people didn't know anything about this condition until fairly recently. So the alcoholics-to-be innocently start drinking moderately in the beginning, maybe a few drinks on the weekends. As their drinking progresses, they might get seriously drunk two or three times a year. No real life problems seem to have developed. During all these drinking episodes, the brain is busy making a little cache of THIQ. At some point, maybe sooner or later, the alcoholic will cross over that shadowy line into a whole new alcoholic way of life.
