Researchers are still unsure as to the EXACT causes of alcoholism, but they do know that there is genetic predisposition for brain development if members of your family have been diagnosed as alcoholic.

Are you asking the question for yourself or a friend?

Either way, you can learn more by clicking on this alcohol screening quiz in order to test whether or not alcoholism might be a diagnosis for you.

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nature and nurture. Genetics do play a great role, I believe, yet I am no doctor. Myself, my older brother, my father, are alcoholics. I hated my brothers problem, I hated him, and I hated alcohol. Then I had a drink and boom...it happened to me too. Not exactly a coincidence if u ask me.