Stress Drives Alcoholics' Children to Drink, Study Suggests

Reference: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075518.htm

Summary: Researchers find that many children that have alcoholics for parents, end up having a higher risk of also becoming an acholic. The percentage for these people that may become alcoholics is about a 50% chance. The researchers found this out by getting 58 healthy people, half of them have alcoholic parents and other have non-alcoholic parents an gave them an expirement seeing how fast they can figure out math problems in a certain time period. They allow them to drink while doing the math problems and once the time limit was coming to an end they got more stressed and dranked more. But the people with non-alcoholic parents didnt drink to relieve their stress.

Critique: This Article impacts on my life by letting me know that many children with alcoholic parents can inherit the genes as well and can either deside to drink as well or not. With this lesson many of those children can learn not to drink because they have a chance of also becoming an alcoholic.

Impact: This can Impact all people and allow them to know that if they have alcoholic parents that they should not drink. This could have a positive influence on many peoples lives.