wrote:

> Gary > wrote:
> > Sylvia wrote:
>
> > > > It's called "conditioning".
> > >
> > > Unless your parents were urging you to drink or associating it with
> > > something positive (parental approval? being like dad?), conditioning
> > > wouldn't apply. Conditioning would be getting the kid past the initial
> > > "yuck" reaction to get used to it. Peter's margaritas aren't very
> > > strong either, but our kids still have no desire to try them more than
> > > once. Maybe I misunderstood, but it sounded like you actually liked the
> > > drinks, and that is more typical of a genetic predisposition than
> > > conditioning.
>
> > I can't speak for sis, but apparently I did like it, as I would go back and
> > forth trying to get sips of beer or highballs. But, sis didn't become an
> > alcoholic, and I did. If it were pure genetics, wouldn't we both have become
> > alcoholics?
>
> No. Not all the same genetic traits are inherited by children
> of the same parents (except for identical twins). Siblings
> might have different eye colors, for example. This does not mean
> that alcoholism is purely genetic, but it can be, and probably is,
> at least partly a genetic. Also, a genetic prediposition does
> not guarantee something. Some people have a genetic predispostion
> to certain types of cancer, but some of those people with that
> genetic trait won't ever get cancer. Unlike eye color, there are
> other factors that get involved with genetic predispositions.
>
> Bill Ranck
> Blacksburg, Va.

Hmmm... sort of like sis' "fat gene" skipping a generation and showing up in her?

Gary




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