me social factors include availability of alcohol,
social acceptance of the use of alcohol, peer pressure, and stressful lifestyles.
There are three main mechanisms by which persons may develop alcoholism. Genetic-
biological mechanisms, alcohol-specific environmental mechanisms, and general environmental
mechanisms. Genetic-biological mechanisms is when the child of the alcoholic develops
alcoholism by the means that the genes were passed down through the family. Alcohol-specific
environmental mechanisms is when the offspring learn to drink by watching and learning from
their parents drinking throughout their life. Many times in which they think drinking is okay and
will solve their problems. Finally, general environmental mechanisms is when the offspring
learns to drink from outside of the family circle. They learn from outsi
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