[16 year old]

I have ADD and people with ADD tend to have Addictive tendencies. also, my dad is an alcoholic which I know is genetic. so given both factors, statistically what is the percent chance I will become an alcoholic?

[yp_kelly_baltimore]

0% if you don't drink

[older hippie chick]

97.234686%

[br3akingthehabit]

Your chances are very high to become a drug addict and an alcoholic. i had ADD and both my parents are alcoholics, and i am a drug addict and alcoholic (in recovery thank god)

[Douchey]

Just because something is more common (yes, ADD and addictions to substances are correlated) does not mean that it is certain to happen. Likewise with your father having an alcohol problem. 99 percent, perhaps even more, of what people call alcoholism has nothing to do with genetics or brain chemistry. Having low self-respect, not having positive values that conflict with excessive and frequent drunkenness, low socioeconomic status, faulty cognition or expectancies about alcohol, religious beliefs or lack thereof, cultural background - all of these factors, and more like them, may play into the development of an addictive disorder but it is impossible to conclusively predict who will develop one and who will not, regardless of the risk factors present. With ADD it is certainly good to be aware of the correlation - it is probably wise to avoid using alcohol as a means to medicate whatever symptoms you have. Also, if you take medications, alcohol use may lead to adverse consequences. I would ace out any notion you may have that alcoholism is a genetic disease though - that is a scientifically outdated and unhelpful theory.

[Nikki B]

there is no exact %.

giving what I know about you (very limited), and the fact your dad is an alcoholic I would say your chances are higher than normal..

probably 33%... maybe even 1 in 2.

[angel1]

pretty high if you decide to become a drinker. Zero if you dint drink