I was actually told when I went through treatment years ago that is it heredity. Where did you get this information and the statistics. It is good to know and I don't go to AA anymore. It was valuable for along time and I still don't drink
There
is such a thing as a genetic predisposition, which is still not the same thing as a sure thing.
Some people are more likely, biochemically, to develop, after
prolonged and intense usage, an "addiction."
There is also such a thing as an "environmental predisposition," namely, if you hang around people who are constantly abusing it or grow up in an environment where your family is, it is more likely that you will too. Still not a sure thing.
Teenage experimentation does not usually end up turning into an addiction, at least as far as alcohol is concerned (maybe with some of the more powerful drugs, e.g., heroin or morphine, that is thought to be possible...). It usually takes a long time of going past reasonable limits before your body changes, physiologically, to where one might be considered "addicted." Again, some people are more prone to this than others, genetically, but again, this is still not a sure thing.
Many of the earlier studies on alcoholism were seriously flawed by political bias and are now being debunked.
