Gentics and Addiction would not have been two words I thought could go in the same sentence, but apparently they can. After surfing the internet I found a book called I Want To Change My Life: How to Overcome Anxiety, Depression and Addiction, where it stated children of addicted parents are eight times more likely to have an addiction to some type of substance than a child with no family addiction history.
This number was slightly alarming after doing a little research on my own, where I found out I had two alcoholics and three pain pill addictions that were lurking in my family. Although I have no addictions myself it makes me wonder if my younger days of exploring had anything to do with those addictions my family once faced. Considering that these addictions are fifty percent genetic predisposition and fifty percent bad coping skills it really makes me wonder which half I would have fallen under.
After further reading in the article it goes to talk about addiction being considered a disease and after reading some of the facts it seems quite obvious it is. The biggest thing that blew my mind was the fact of how a disease was labeled; a combination of genes and life style. Which makes perfect sense when you now think about genetics and addiction. After finding out that genes play fifty percent on whether or not you may become an addict the only other thing that can add on to that is life style.
This book seems to have so many key points it hits on and it is actually a recovery book for those who have either one or both odds against them, genetics or a poor lifestyle. If you read even further into the website for this book it goes into other things that can lead to anxiety or depression and how all three of these combine together to put a halt to someone's life.
This number was slightly alarming after doing a little research on my own, where I found out I had two alcoholics and three pain pill addictions that were lurking in my family. Although I have no addictions myself it makes me wonder if my younger days of exploring had anything to do with those addictions my family once faced. Considering that these addictions are fifty percent genetic predisposition and fifty percent bad coping skills it really makes me wonder which half I would have fallen under.
After further reading in the article it goes to talk about addiction being considered a disease and after reading some of the facts it seems quite obvious it is. The biggest thing that blew my mind was the fact of how a disease was labeled; a combination of genes and life style. Which makes perfect sense when you now think about genetics and addiction. After finding out that genes play fifty percent on whether or not you may become an addict the only other thing that can add on to that is life style.
This book seems to have so many key points it hits on and it is actually a recovery book for those who have either one or both odds against them, genetics or a poor lifestyle. If you read even further into the website for this book it goes into other things that can lead to anxiety or depression and how all three of these combine together to put a halt to someone's life.
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