My family has many alcoholics. My kids had issues with responses to their environment and the feeling like they weren't quite fitting in. For the most part we coped with Sensory Integration training, which can help all ages. I believe this is a marker for possible alcoholism to self medicate and feel more in tune with the world. I also believe that people who are likely alcoholics are rather insensitive to it, that it takes more to get the relief/buzz and that the quantities needed cross over to biological addiction. I did a lot of reading for my MEd and this just "popped" out at me in a general sense. Look at your situation and see if any of this fits??