What are the chances of my child becoming an alcoholic if i am?

See below: Higher than if you were not. There is a genetic component that may account about 50%. Also if you are active in your disease currently, he learns from you, your emotional status, how you regulate your feelings, etc. These are areas active alcoholics seriously lack. However recovering alcoholics that learn a new way of life such as in aa, remarkable transformations can take place! there is hope!

Impossible to say: Alcoholism has both genetic and environmental components, and is not like hair color where you can say that if both parents have brown eyes, what the chances of a brown eyed child would be. If there is a strong history of alcoholism in your family, your child (when older) should strongly consider avoiding using alcohol at all. Your avoiding any alcohol is most important in raising your child.

Higher...: ...Than in the general population, and higher still if the child grows up in a household centered on alcohol.

Behavior breeds same: Whether you chain smoke, drink to excess, overeat, yell at your kids constantly, or anything else, you set the "normal" for your kids.How could you expect your kid not to model the same behavior of the parent(s) they grow up loving. In the same way, ending the issue during their childhood can show them how to combat a problem.