Alcoholism: The Genetic Inheritance

You inherited your mother's eyes...Your father's smile...And your grandfather's drinking problem.

"For over thirty years," writes author and recovering alcoholic Kathleen FitzGerald, "the American Medical Association has recognized alcoholism as a disease with identifiable and progressive symptoms that, if untreated, lead to mental damage, physical incapacity and early death. Yet still do not treat alcoholism as a disease, but as a sin, a social stigma, a moral aberration.

This book takes you on a journey through not only understanding alcoholism and drug addiction, but also addresses the emotional, physical and biological effects of this disease. If you are looking for a way to understand, overcome and recover alcoholism, you must read this book.

Kathleen whalen FitzGerald, Ph.D., is the President of the Institute for Recovery in Lake Forest, Illinois.

She has been published by Doubleday, Contemporary Books, Whales' Tale Press, The Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, Christian Century, New Age, Alcoholism & Addiction and Professional Counselor magazines. Her titles include Women in AA (1999), Brass: Jane Byrne & the Pursuit of Power (1983), The Good Sisters (re-printed, 2002), and Whatever Happened to the Good Sisters (re-printed, 2002).

Dr. Fitzgerald is a trained interventionist, writer, therapist, public speaker and retreat facilitator. She has appeared on national television and radio and has addressed university, political, professional, church and social groups. She received her doctorate from Northwestern University in Education and Social Policy.