in
attributing responsibility for alcoholism with respect
to the three dimensions mentioned earlier----etiology,
behavior and consequences--I have reviewed the
transcripts for the 10 couples interviewed in their
entirety. To begin with, I looked for thoughts expressed
by either spouse regarding why the alcoholism
developed in the first place. No one suggested
that etiology was due directly to biological makeup.
Instead, five types of precipitating influences were
described as being coterminous with an increase in
drinking: