[FairWitness]

Fairly long, but interesting. Note: I have given a link to the Discover web site, but they are always about a month behind in putting stuff up. This article is from the current July issue and I typed it in by hand. You can buy the magazine, or wait a month to see if I typed it right.

Serotonin supplement anyone? I am not advocating this supplement, and in fact didn't know it existed until I finished typing the article and thought of doing a Google search.

[FairWitness]

Recent more-or-less related threads:

Monkey Cocaine Study Sheds Light on Drug Addiction

Low Rank Monkeys More Prone To Cocaine Addiction

Quest for 'alcohol gene' sets monkeys on binge

Researcher finds link between alcohol intake and wealth

Teens Drink Quarter of All Alcohol Consumed in U.S.

Stanton Peele's Approach

[DWSUWF]

So... Does this explain Chelsea?

[Washington_minuteman]

"What you can learn from drunken monkeys"?

Obviously, this study was begun to answer the question: "What do we do with a drunken sailor?"

But then again, maybe it was started by a drunken sailor.

[withteeth]

Good post, and you had to type too. Thanks.

There may be a biological 'cause'. An alcohol buzz may feel better to me than to my neighbor.

Also, an environmental cause: the feeling of liberation must be stronger for some of us. (Social inhibitions might be stronger in Iowa than California.)

I have conquered my 'alcoholism', now that I'm 40. This is no thread to get mystic, but I am a Christian now and I think prayer has saved me. Three years ago I got on the wagon and went back to school. I never believed I could stick to it and have discipline. Daily Christian prayer certainly helped.

[IronJack]

What you can learn from drunken monkeys

That Ted Kennedy shouldn't have a driver's license.

[WillaJohns]

From someone who has had a LOT of alcoholics around, thank you for posting this (and typing it in my hand--WOW!). This is very interesting.

[csmusaret]

Why do we constantly hear that alcohol addiction is a disease, but we never hear the same excuse for addiction to nicotine?

[lsee]

Read this about 5-HTP 5-HTP

My doctor recently took me off Serzone because of bulletins about liver damage. My serotonin levels have been affected by having children and growing older...The worst problem for me was lack of restorative sleep, which Serzone helped. Melatonin just gave me nightmares, but 5-HTP has helped a LOT and it is not an expensive prescription drug. I'm a firm believer in essential amino acids and their influence on moods and behavior.

[quietolong]

bump for later

[Maelstrom]

First Criticism: Why Alcoholism and not *any* addictive behavior (bulemia, anorexia, other drugs, and including homosexuality)

[antidisestablishment]

The key seems to be an early attachment to mom. “From attentive mothers, little monkeys get ‘wait’ signals, and they get discipline,” says Higley. “Peer-reared monkeys don’t get those stop signals; when peer groups have conflict, it’s resolved by brute force. There are no mothers to regulate negotiation, so these monkeys don’t know how to resolve social problems.” Many of the peer-raised monkeys grow up to be drinkers.

Seems like more bad news for day care kids. Of course, it is better for the government to raise kids than to expect parents to be parents...