So we're going to discuss generational drinking habits, which is kind of what we sort of leads on from what you were talking about, Hamish, all of these changes in habits that you are experienced on the day to day at the moment and how they run through and kind of trickle through our lives generally.

I often get emails

asking me if alcoholism is hereditary. It's a question I avoid answering because it lays

blame elsewhere and that makes me feel a little bit uncomfortable, Hamish. I take full responsibility

for my totally being a complete pisshead, but there is no denying that some of my drinking habits are very similar to those other members in my family.

Yeah, Vic, it's interesting. It seems you can go either one way or another.

You either hate drinking if your parents are huge drinkers or you follow suit and head down the same path.

I wonder what the stats are,

what percentage of people born into big drinking families overdrink themselves?

I reckon it's a high percentage, Hame, but is it actually in the blood?

Are we destined to just drink because of our genes?

Does our genetic disposition start us off on the back foot while we're still in the womb even?

Or is it just

a family character trait? Are we predisposed to being party people? I think I was. Basically,

Hamish, is it nature or nurture? I don't know. We're also going to find out why going sober has such a

huge impact on you and the legacy you leave behind. Yeah, if you're constantly failing at moderation and keep waking up with a regurgitated

carrot coin on your pillow and you don't want your descendants to follow in your zigzaggy

footsteps, then perhaps this is the episode for you.

Today we're going to tell you our own family's history in relation to alcohol, in the

hopes it will help you understand yours

and find out how much of our drinking is down to genetics.

We also want you to understand that if you come from a family tree that's been soaked in booze

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