Hi Jane,
 JK> Alcoholics lack certain enzymes which metabolize alcohol. 
Nonsense.
 JK> They are born with less than so called "normal" folks are and use them 
p
 JK> rapidly when they drink. 
Nonsense.
 JK>  They drink, incidently, to become "normal" as the alcohol in the 
 JK> early stages of the disease will tend to make the REM and Alpha 
 JK> brain waves just like those of other folks.
Nonsense.
 JK> This is true of the sons of alcoholics long before they
 JK> show any symptoms of disease.
Nonsense.
 JK> So the alcoholic uses the alcohol as a medicine to straighten out a
 JK> brain that is faulty.  The REM and Alpha waves are not as other
 JK> folks before they drink and after they stop drinking.
Nonsense.
 JK> Alcoholism will tend to be inherited also
No proof of this.
 JK> One of the characteristics of early alcoholism is that the alcholic
 JK> can tolerate amounts of alcohol that would kill the normal drinker.
Anyone who drinks a lot regularly can tolerate more alcohol than one who is a 
moderate drinker. You do not have to be an alcoholic to have a tolerance for 
alcohol.
Where on earth did you get the above information? Let me guess - a twenty 
year old Alcoholics Anonymous pamphlet?
                Internet: johnvick@wbhealth.co.nz 
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