I am not a big drinker, in fact a case of beer can sit here forever unless I have company who drinks in which case I'll have a few with them...but I saw a post where someone wrote they have 8-12 beers a day and wondered if that was a problem. To me that spells alcoholism.
I just wonder how many drink every day and if you do would you consider yourself an alcoholic? By definition you would be...but do you consider yourself one?
Most people I know who drink do so daily...and in all honesty I can see it as problem or escape from stress but it's not a healthy one...one friend of mine is now in the habit of telling the same old stories over and over and over again...even months later...a true classic sign of it if I ever saw one. Way too many people are like this nowadays and it's sad really.
2006-08-25 04:07:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
I guess I should qualify this and say that the reason I am asking this is that when I'm with my drinking friends...they feel uncomfortable around me if I say no and don't drink with them...why this would bother them I don't know...but it makes me think that maybe they do have a problem because they drink so much and so often. It's like they can't get a natural high without booze.
2006-08-25 04:31:36 · update #1
Actually drinking beer during occasions tend to strengthen your relationship with your peers, relatives or anyone.
However, since you have mentioned that you are not much of a drinker, then there's no reason why you should really think of yourself being an alcoholic.
By personal definition, being alcoholic would mean you are no longer in control of yourself subsequently being intoxicated by the alcohol.
To prevent this, you need to know just how much alcohol you could take in before you reach the stage of being "tipsy." Being a guy, my capacity for beer, is normally around 8 to 10 beers during occasions only, and not whenever I feel like it. On hard liquours, i.e. tequila, johnnie walker, I can drink up with one or two pals consuming the entire 1 liter. But this is because I know that my body and senses can tolerate that much.
Anything beyond it, and I might already throw up, which I don't like to happen, as I find it completely irresponsible being in that situation.
Another thing is, if you think your friends feel a bit awkward with you around because they know you don't drink, perhaps you could still join them in the drinking session with you taking in a much lighter alcoholic beverage. This way, you will not feel peer pressure by drinking alcoholic beverage they normally consume, and you still get to share bonding moments with them.
As it is, the moment you make drinking as reason for escaping your problems, celebrating a success, or even drinking for no reason at all, and with uncontrollable or unmanaged volume intake, then I guess it's time for you to be considered as alcoholic already.
The easiest way for you to enjoy moments with your friends, without being guilty of not drinking beer or other liquors, is to make them understand that you are just not accustomed to drinking and they should not coerce you into drinking beyond your capacity.
When they start asking you what you want to drink, you could suggest for alcoholic beverages that contain less alcohol. This will somehow eliminate the uneasiness between you and your friends.
2006-08-25 04:47:04 · answer #1 · answered by Mike_Cruiser 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Basing whether or not someone is an alcoholic by the quantity they drink in some time period can be misleading due to the widely variant effect alcohol can have on different people. A better way to make the determination is whether drinking alcohol is interfering in their life in a significant way -- unable to hold a job, marriage/relationship failures, etc.
2006-08-25 11:13:25 · answer #2 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many cultures enjoy alcohol (like wine) with meals. A glass of red wine every day does not make one an alcoholic and, in fact, there is evidence that very modest consumption is healthy. Alcoholism is an addiction and a medical condition. As a general rule, a person with an addiction is not the best judge of whether he or she is an addict.
2006-08-25 11:15:23 · answer #3 · answered by Ken D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never drink alcohol. My father-in-law drinks on a daily basis and has all the time I've known him. He would not consider himself an alcoholic but everyone else in the family does. He will drink himself into the grave.
2006-08-25 11:36:12 · answer #4 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an alcoholic is somebody who CAN'T gine it up, some people just like beer. me, i go thru streaks, i'll drink 6 or more a day for awhile then won't touch it again for 6 mths or so or will drink o couple a do.... just depends
2006-08-25 11:15:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually a drink a day is healthy for you. 8-12 is a little extreme but its there business and not yours
2006-08-25 11:13:12 · answer #6 · answered by Alissa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people will never admit they have a problem and You have to admit you have a problem before you can fix it.
2006-08-25 11:13:24 · answer #7 · answered by derines 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im not an alcoholic, im a drunk, drunks dont have to go to all those meetings
2006-08-25 11:13:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Everyone is alcholics so why worry!
2006-08-25 11:13:42 · answer #9 · answered by Engineer Adam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋