Abstract

There are 18 million children of alcoholics in the United States. Children of Alcoholics have a higher risk of becoming addicted to alcohol because of genetic and neurological predispositions.I will discuss the risk factors for children of alcoholics in depth. The personality and age of onset of drinking alcohol are important factors in the development of an Alcohol Use Disorder. Parental interventions for sober parents to use during their child’s adolescence are suggested to lower the risk of an Alcohol Use Disorder founded on the literature of intergenerational effects of alcoholism.

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