it's hereditary and I couldn't find anything to speak of o n it being hereditary in his family. And half of them that get it between 30 and 40, his age, and they are alcoholics. That, I can see. I'll bet his father was quite a hard ass when he was growing up. And he had a little brother that died when the boy was 5. It's ironic how we got onto the drugs talk when Justinian showed up.