It is best to explain it in terms of a craving they can understand, like being hungry. Tell them that it is a sickness that makes people crave alcohol the way they would crave food if they went without eating. Be careful about providing more information than they need. Young children don't need details. Older kids can handle more.
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/ == == Pretty much a waste of time.
no i have not i am a child
Yes, Andy Griffith has 2 kids.
In alcoholism, my opinion is that if they are willing to drink any-day or time of the week besides the weekend that's a good sign.
That is not a symptom of alcoholism.
No herb cures alcoholism.
Alcoholism is not inheritable.
Andy Griffith has 2 children
It does not use the term alcoholism.
There are really no accepted stages of alcoholism.
The environment cannot CAUSE alcoholism.
There is no gene known to cause alcoholism.