First of all, borax (sodium tetraborate decahydrate) in water produces boric acid and raises the pH. So the studies on boron toxicity that refer to boric acid are absolutely relevant for Borax as well.
Just as a family history of alcoholism does not guarantee that you will become an alcoholic, neither does growing up in a very troubled household with alcoholic parents. Just because alcoholism tends to run in families does not mean that a child of an alcoholic parent will automatically become an alcoholic too.oth parents abuse alcohol and other drugs; the parents' alcohol abuse is severe; and. conflicts lead to aggression and violence in the family. The good news is that many children of alcoholics from even the most troubled families do not develop drinking problems.
Children of alcoholics are four times more likely than other children to become addicts themselves. Even if adopted by non-alcoholic parents, a biological child of alcoholics continues to have a heightened risk of developing alcoholism. http://www.flickr.com/photos/47637743@N00/898221674/. In addition to the physical and hereditary side effects of addiction, children of alcoholics and drug addicts must endure the psychological pain of growing up watching their parents suffer under the influence of a substance.