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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
As Drolefille said, hereditary alcoholism is not absolute. As I said before, my husband has an alcoholic brother, and a father that died of alcoholism, and he manages moderation. I am not naieve enough to think that my daughter is never going to drink because she knows that she is predisposed to alcoholism. Honestly, would that have stopped you from drinking when you went to college? 18 year olds have the "invincible, nothing can happen to me" attitude, and ESPECIALLY if alcohol was the "forbidden fruit" are going to drink when they get to college. I'd rather let my daughter try alcohol at home, and find out AT HOME that she can't handle alcohol, then let her go to college and find out in the emergency room with alcohol poisoning, that she can't handle alcohol.
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I don't dispute that all of these things are possibilities - I'm disputing your repeated desire to speak in absolutes, even when faced with real-life statistical evidence and potentially contrary 'absolutes' (or options).