i drink at least a pint and a half of whiskey every day...?

Question

am I an alcoholic?? i've already had two stints in rehab. and one in AA with about 5 months clean. but now here I am, back again full force, even still i show up for work every night, 6 nights a week and I bust my *** too,,, am I just a functioning alcoholic?

oh, i also smoke pot constantly. and eat caffeine pills like theyre candy. i've also been know to crush a oxy coton, or vicodin, or something and snort it. no cocaine though. a reall crash course huh...

Answer 1

Yes, you are and you know it.

Alcohol affects the body the same whether you're a functional or nonfunctional alcholic. It damages your liver.

You're not sufficiently motivated to stop. You rationalized that by working hard you're making up for the habit but in reality you are not.

Try to find an internal way to stop. I mean not an outward action (this did not work for you) but an inner resolve. That where the urge to drink comes from.

Answer 2

It sounds like you have an alcohol issue, yes. I suggest talking to a therapist or even going to an AA meeting. Your mental issues seem to be blocking your body's ability to function without stimulus of alcohol. Quite possibly you suffer from depression and/or anxiety. See a doctor.

Answer 3

yes bro sori but alcohol sux . isnt cocaine cheapmaybe find a new drug then u not so quiltty. heaps of people smoke pot and dont have the same quilt attached as home grown must be better than the bought stuff, try drinking at home so no one knows u alco works 4 me.

Answer 4

Unfortunately, yes, I think you are an alcoholic. I don't know if the amount you drink has as much to do with it as the fact that you need to drink every day.

If you keep joining AA, then you must really want to quit.

Be strong, I'm sure with just one more try you can do it.

Good Luck!

Answer 5

Yes, you are an alcoholic.

You may not realize how "functional" you are when you are at work. Your body probably feels like it is working very hard but actually, it may not be. When you are intoxicated everything you do is hindered. Your judgment is cloudy, and your perception is off.

I am glad that you are able to recognize the symptoms of your disease. That's half the battle. Please try and get some help for yourself; you deserve the best!

Answer 6

It sounds like you are a substance abuser, and that it is not limited to alcohol. If you are not jerking our chain, and want to get better, this is not the place to be. You know you have a problem. Call someone who can help you.

Answer 7

I think that your interest could be to make an alcochol free period, let's say
psychiatrist take a period of I think 6 weeks or ,perhaps 3 months....
step by step you might try to do it, or it is better to enjoy institutional treatment
and also there are physiological limits- liver,brain...

Answer 8

You are an alcoholic. Probably not as functioning as you think you are, but good enough to go to work. God, please tell me what you do so I can avoid you.

Answer 9

yes you are a functioning alcoholic and you really need help
RIP DBD

Answer 10

I think that you are, but that's my opinion. Consuming that much whiskey every day can't be healthy.

Since you've been to AA, these Yes/No questions may sound familiar to you and may help you decide for yourself:

IS A.A. FOR YOU?


Only you can decide whether you want to give A.A.a try —
whether you think it can help you.



We who are in A.A. came because we finally gave up trying to control our drinking. We still hated to admit that we could never drink safely. Then we heard from other A.A. members that we were sick. (We thought so for years!) We found out that many people suffered from the same feelings of guilt and loneliness and hopelessness that we did. We found out that we had these feelings because we had the disease of alcoholism.

We decided to try and face up to what alcohol had done to us. Here are some of the questions we tried to answer honestly. If we answered YES to four or more questions, we were in deep trouble with our drinking. See how you do. Remember, there is no disgrace in facing up to the fact that you have a problem.


Answer YES or NO to the following questions.

1 - Have you ever decided to stop drinking for a week or so, but only lasted for a couple of days?
Most of us in A.A. made all kinds of promises to ourselves and to our families. We could not keep them. Then we came to A.A. A.A. said: "Just try not to drink today." (If you do not drink today, you cannot get drunk today.)


Yes No
2 - Do you wish people would mind their own business about your drinking-- stop telling you what to do?
In A.A. we do not tell anyone to do anything. We just talk about our own drinking, the trouble we got into, and how we stopped. We will be glad to help you, if you want us to.


Yes No
3 - Have you ever switched from one kind of drink to another in the hope that this would keep you from getting drunk?
We tried all kinds of ways. We made our drinks weak. Or just drank beer. Or we did not drink cocktails. Or only drank on weekends. You name it, we tried it. But if we drank anything with alcohol in it, we usually got drunk eventually.


Yes No
4 - Have you had to have an eye-opener upon awakening during the past year?
Do you need a drink to get started, or to stop shaking? This is a pretty sure sign that you are not drinking "socially."


Yes No
5 - Do you envy people who can drink without getting into trouble?
At one time or another, most of us have wondered why we were not like most people, who really can take it or leave it.


Yes No
6 - Have you had problems connected with drinking during the past year?
Be honest! Doctors say that if you have a problem with alcohol and keep on drinking, it will get worse -- never better. Eventually, you will die, or end up in an institution for the rest of your life. The only hope is to stop drinking.


Yes No
7 - Has your drinking caused trouble at home?
Before we came into A.A., most of us said that it was the people or problems at home that made us drink. We could not see that our drinking just made everything worse. It never solved problems anywhere or anytime.


Yes No
8 - Do you ever try to get "extra" drinks at a party because you do not get enough?
Most of us used to have a "few" before we started out if we thought it was going to be that kind of party. And if drinks were not served fast enough, we would go some place else to get more.


Yes No
9 - Do you tell yourself you can stop drinking any time you want to, even though you keep getting drunk when you don't mean to?
Many of us kidded ourselves into thinking that we drank because we wanted to. After we came into A.A., we found out that once we started to drink, we couldn't stop.


Yes No
10 - Have you missed days of work or school because of drinking?
Many of us admit now that we "called in sick" lots of times when the truth was that we were hung-over or on a drunk.


Yes No
11 - Do you have "blackouts"?
A "blackout" is when we have been drinking hours or days which we cannot remember. When we came to A.A., we found out that this is a pretty sure sign of alcoholic drinking.


Yes No
12 - Have you ever felt that your life would be better if you did not drink?
Many of us started to drink because drinking made life seem better, at least for a while. By the time we got into A.A., we felt trapped. We were drinking to live and living to drink. We were sick and tired of being sick and tired.


Yes No





Did you answer YES four or more times? If so, you are probably in trouble with alcohol. Why do we say this? Because thousands of people in A.A. have said so for many years. They found out the truth about themselves — the hard way.

But again, only you can decide whether you think A.A. is for you. Try to keep an open mind on the subject. If the answer is YES, we will be glad to show you how we stopped drinking ourselves. Just call.

A.A. does not promise to solve your life's problems. But we can show you how we are learning to live without drinking "one day at a time." We stay away from that "first drink." If there is no first one, there cannot be a tenth one. And when we got rid of alcohol, we found that life became much more manageable.



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