[Looger]

there's definitely people that are born alchoholics, kids with even mild FAS i grew up with in lillooet for example.

the slightly different physiology of native american peoples the farther north you go, from the na###o that had their own corn alchohol and incrementally towards the inuit the rate of potential alchoholism from just one drink goes up as the population's acclimation to pure-protein diets goes up, according to some studies.

i think with genetic and developmental trends, yes. but when it comes to some guy that is addicted to drinking it can get to be a strained excuse.

good friend of mine, serious drinking buddy from college, was called in for a meeting at his development job to tell him he wouldn't be fired, because he had a disease. news to him and myself, he's lost jobs and even a family due to drinking, we'd both lost college part-time jobs due to not successfully integrating booze and the rest of life.

he was eventually laid off from that job, but an interesting episode nonetheless...