A study researched the effects of alcohol on genetic susceptibility in offspring. It was found that neurons in the brain, as well as nutrition deficiency and cell formation, all pointed toward there being a strong genetic influence from generation to generation regarding alcohol and inherent predisposition to consuming and actually developing a physical need for it.
Alcoholism is considered both a psychological disease and a physical disease. Psychologically, alcoholism is spread from person to person, especially within a family, through behavior, reactions, and interactions with one another. Parents can influence children as young as four years old, teaching them to take personal offense at casual offhand remarks and to sink vast amounts of emotional energy into the lives of others and into reacting to those lives. This behavior is then used by the child as a foundational behavior and is built upon, leading to a very disjointed, holey and mismatched lifestyle. This is manifested in outwardly illogical behavior, which in the mind of the growing child, seems reasonable and just.
Physically, alcoholism is spread through example and through genetic influence. Every alcoholic is in some ways nutritionally and hormonally off-balance, since alcoholism by its very nature quickly deprives and starved the body of required nutrients and hormonal balances. If someone conceives a child and their own physical health is starved in various areas, then these areas are likely to develop starved in the infant, as well. The child can grow up needing, and not receiving, certain types of food because their parents are also not consuming this nutrition.
Environmentally, alcoholics have a strong need for control over their own environment, so children are not likely to be exposed to alternate lifestyles which would fulfill their psychological, physical and environmental needs, including in some cases friendships with normal, healthy, well-rounded children of their own age.
While employee drug and alcohol testing is especially reserved to keep business employees in check and to monitor their progress throughout the year, the disease of alcoholism does indeed run rampant in many different directions and through many different avenues. For this reason, employee drug testing and onsite drug testing services are especially helpful for your own company. Call Mediscreen today: (+61) 1300 79 70 40.
