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re: What constitutes alcohol addiction
Posted on 11/16/17 at 8:06 pm to ThatMakesSense
Posted on 11/16/17 at 8:06 pm to ThatMakesSense
quote:you need a new doctor son
My doctor told me 12 drinks a week, constitutes alcoholism.
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Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:14 pm to PortHudsonPlaya
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don't do anything wrong or cause problems, I just don't want to stop. I've gotten to the point I typically just don't drink because I know myself too well.
This is the excuse I gave myself for always getting hammered whenever I drank. It was I either don't drink at all or all the way, and I reasoned with myself that I more often than not choose to not drink at all. That was false.
Getting married calmed me down a good bit as I never want to be that constantly drunk person in the marriage
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:16 pm to Crow Pie
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The inability to control your drinking once you have the first drink.
I would say this is tougher for most people that have ever regularly drunk than most would care to admit
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:19 pm to shotcaller1
Blacking out
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:25 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Two unmistakable signs: 1) if you have a bottle ready for the tomorrow morning, or 2) send it up the south end because your esophagus is burnt out.
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:26 pm to shotcaller1
My problem was never the booze, it was the 8 ball I craved after the 2nd beer.
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:29 pm to Ye_Olde_Tiger
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and being or getting 'sick' isn't necessarily part of it...imho
For addiction? It absolutely is and is basically the only criteria
Abuse is another matter.
Posted on 11/16/17 at 9:59 pm to shotcaller1
Loss of control over the amount consumed and loss of control when consumed
Posted on 11/16/17 at 10:07 pm to shotcaller1
I have a very stressful job. I don’t crave it at all during the day but by the time i get in the truck on the way home I'm ready for a drink. Probably have two bourbon drinks a night during the week 30oz yeti cup though. Never wake up with a hangover. On the weekends usually get pretty slammed but never affects work productivity
Posted on 11/16/17 at 10:12 pm to HighAnkleSprain
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send it up the south end because your esophagus is burnt out.
While not specifically listed in the DSM 5, I agree: Butt chugging is a tell-tale sign of a problem
Posted on 11/16/17 at 10:42 pm to CrimsonTideMD
I'm either all in or nothing at all. That can be 2 nights a week or 5 depending on the company.
Posted on 11/16/17 at 10:44 pm to shotcaller1
When you always order a "drink" even when you're not trying to get a buz or have fun
Posted on 11/16/17 at 10:45 pm to shotcaller1
Has nothing to do with the amount consumed or frequency as this varies for any alcoholic.
Rather it’s what happens to the alcoholic when they consume a drink and the complete lack of control on how many they are going to have.
Some of the worst alcoholics I’ve ever known only drank like 3-4 times in a several year period. But each time would wreck a car in a black out, get a DUI, etc.
Rather it’s what happens to the alcoholic when they consume a drink and the complete lack of control on how many they are going to have.
Some of the worst alcoholics I’ve ever known only drank like 3-4 times in a several year period. But each time would wreck a car in a black out, get a DUI, etc.
Posted on 11/16/17 at 11:16 pm to okietiger
Lots of responses I agree with. I’m 47 and drank mostly beer since I was 19. Would always drink heavy when at parties, get togethers etc. About 4 years ago I discovered Vodka. Worst thing I could have done. On beer I would get drunk but not passed out drunk like with the vodka. Wife got breast cancer and somehow found myself drinking more and more to deal with the stress Would never drink before or during work but would kill it on my days off to the point my family could never rely on me for anything on those days. When I knew there was a big problem was my wife asked me to please stop drinking and I did for very short periods but would always go back to the bottle. Woke up after a blackout night and wife basically said it’s me or the bottle. Checked myself into rehab and the last 8 months have been great. I was such in a damn haze I never knew how much destruction I was causing around me. So I count myself fortunate that I never lost my family, job or anything else that was important to me. And by the way I never really considered myself an alcoholic until about a month before I went to rehab
Posted on 11/17/17 at 1:09 am to North Texas Tiger
Congrats on your sobriety brother, one day at a time. I checked myself into treatment when I was 19 yrs old on 12-27-87. I thank God each and every day that I was not a casualty of my addiction to drugs and alcohol. Each addict has their own bottom, sadly some will end up in the obits. shite gets real when you're confronted by a spouse, parent, or child who gives you the ultimatum to choose between them or your "drug of choice". Until you're ready to get help and admit you have a problem, the drugs & alcohol will always will always come first before family, work, and real world priorities.
Posted on 11/17/17 at 3:01 am to shotcaller1
when you purposely switch up visits to liquor stores in your generAL area.
when you stop to get gas on the way home from partying but end up buying beer instead.
pour beer in cereal bowl instead of water.
when you stop to get gas on the way home from partying but end up buying beer instead.
pour beer in cereal bowl instead of water.
Posted on 11/17/17 at 6:37 am to shotcaller1
When it interrupts your life.
Relationships, work, kids, money etc etc etc
Some of us are functional drunks
Relationships, work, kids, money etc etc etc
Some of us are functional drunks
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:25 am to glassman
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When your body needs it to function.
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:26 am to shotcaller1
If you have to ask...
Posted on 11/17/17 at 11:58 am to shotcaller1
1. Physical withdrawal symptoms.
2. You do dumb shite while drunk. To the point where it is negatively effecting life. Like a DUI or an accident. Cheating. Missing work. You have these changes but can’t or won’t stop the behavior (drinking).
3. Life revolves around it. You’re only fun activity is drinking or drinking is a huge component. You only hang out with drinkers. You go out to the beer fridge and it’s low and that is unacceptable to you. Like a smoker. My folks smoked when I was young not one night did they go to bed with out cigarettes for the morning or at night. They drug their arse out of the house at 9-10 pm if they realized they’d run out. If you are that way about beer/alcohol in the house?
2. You do dumb shite while drunk. To the point where it is negatively effecting life. Like a DUI or an accident. Cheating. Missing work. You have these changes but can’t or won’t stop the behavior (drinking).
3. Life revolves around it. You’re only fun activity is drinking or drinking is a huge component. You only hang out with drinkers. You go out to the beer fridge and it’s low and that is unacceptable to you. Like a smoker. My folks smoked when I was young not one night did they go to bed with out cigarettes for the morning or at night. They drug their arse out of the house at 9-10 pm if they realized they’d run out. If you are that way about beer/alcohol in the house?
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