re: Let's talk about what are some true signs of alcoholism (longish)

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When you cant go on a 3+ hour road trip without drinking a six pack.

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Nothing like a road trip with a good Adderall and vodka buzz.

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You can’t get hooked on beer

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Not sure if serious.

I have never woken up in the morning after not drinking and thought, "wow, I wish I would have drank last night. Dammit, should gotten hammered."

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Nothing like a road trip with a good Adderall and vodka buzz.

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Sounds like some people that I know

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and the alcoholics that came in were in worse shape than just about everyone else.

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Alcoholism will absolutely wreck your body.

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Both are absolutely true. I suffered from alcoholism withdrawals and I don’t think words can describe ho horrible they are. I heard things that weren’t there, saw things that weren’t there, couldn’t stop shaking and clenching and sweating. Absolute Hell. Unlike most drugs, alcohol affects every single cell in your body so when you have the withdrawals, your whole body is withdrawing. It’s bad. When I was in treatment you could tell the ‘true’ alcoholics instantly. It’s a tough disease to beat once it gets to that stage you absolutely cannot do it on your own. If you know someone at that stage, they’re close to death, one way or another. They probably wish they would just die too. It’s a miserable existence.

That said, crystal meth will really wreck your shite too. It was never my thing, but methheads sometimes can’t really ever recover from the damage they’ve done to their bodies.

The rough thing about alcoholism too is that is so prevalent. When you quit drugs, you can stop hanging around those people and delete your dealers from your phone. I know it’s not quite that simple, but for an alcoholic our drug dealers is at every gas station and it’s cheap. It’s a weddings, Christmas parties, Sunday BBQ’s, you name it. Everywhere you look you see people drinking with seemingly no repercussions and you convince yourself that this time you can do it too. This time will be different.

But it’s not. Ever. And you have to finally accept that it will never ever be different and it’s just not something you can do.

How's it going Delta?

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A dude that only drank about 3 glasses of wine and few nights a week. He would go into deep depression and want suicide.

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This is precisely why I never drink alone. I had a few outings with friends where I went from happy-go-lucky life of the party to beyond depressed sad drunk mode fast when left alone for a while and it has definitely made me think twice about drinking ever since. I basically never have more than 3 drinks in an outing these days, especially since I always have to drive since I live in the middle of nowhere.

The sad thing is I really want a drink, so I keep alcohol at home, but I won’t drink alone so I never touch it. But since I have alcohol at home, I tell myself there’s no reason to buy it when I’m out since bar booze can be really expensive. Which is good since it keeps me from drinking, but I’m unhappy, but that likely has nothing to do with the alcohol, but the alcohol sometimes makes it better, but it also sometimes makes it a whole lot worse.

If I had a relationship status with alcohol, facebook would read “it’s complicated”

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I drink a beer every 45mins to an hour up until I head to bed at 11 or 12...so that's 4-5 beers per night. 4-5 beers over the course of 4-5 hours certainly doesn't lead me to being trashed or heavily buzzed. If I do that 6-7 days a week, that's 24-35 drinks a week without ever getting really 'drunk'. Poor health choice? Absolutely. Alcoholism? I REALLY don't think it's even close.

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So I'm going to play devil's advocate because I'm curious, then why do it? You say you aren't getting buzzed or trashed, then why even drink? Is it habit?

Give it time. Mine was just like that, then it got worse. Wish you the best.