I have noticed something in reading post's here. I have noticed a lot of people who say they either have a parent/parents or family memebers with addiction problems...alcohol/drugs etc. I am wondering how many of us with "food" problems be it either carb addiction, overeating etc. have a family member who has an addiction of another kind because I am thinking that maybe genetically there is a connection...we just chose food as our drug of choice instead of alcohol etc. I personally have a brother who has been an alcoholic/drug addict since he was 13 ( he's 45 and still abusing) and I come from a long line of alcoholics, thankfully my own mother escaped this fate and my father doesnt abuse anything either. I suppose some could argue that the connection is mental and not genetic. So what do you think, could there be a genetic connectionn or is it a mental health issue or am I just crazy, weigh in and let me know what you think??