im 20, and i drink alot.. to the point where i think i might b an alcoholic.. me n my friend live in the same building.. we both dont g to skool or work.. we drink two 40's everyday.. i dont think i am addicted to beer its jus me and my friend r very bored and we drink to cure out boredness.. any help to cut down ur quit the drinking habits?
2006-12-11 17:28:47 · 27 answers · asked by chris 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
first , get rid of your friend, the so called buddie is breakin you down , i have been throught this with my best friend whop is now my husband, his drinking startted at 19 and escalated from then on, his started the same way yours did, but we quit hanging arround bad friends and found new ones, find a nother hobbie, most guys liek to shoot, or join a local sports team , but dropp your friend serriously and aa does not work, the only thing that will make you change is you
2006-12-11 17:38:37 · answer #1 · answered by delana 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey man I'm an alcoholic and while I don't think you are an alcoholic yet I do believe you will become one soon if you don't find something better to do with your time.... you know you are an alcoholic when alcohol ruins your jobs, relationships, and keeps you from doing stuff you want to do or should do...
although 2 40s everyday isn't that much for a whole day if you don't find a job and some fun stuff to do before you know it you'll be drinking like 7-9 a day. I drink 18-30 beers a day when I drink so I know man, and I'm 22 and I started just like you... I'm alot better now because I only drink about 3 days a week now, but I used to drink everyday.
my advice is figure out what you are really interested in and do it! and only drink once a week when you don't have to work the next day don't drink at all ...seriously if you have trouble sticking to the rules you set don't drink, not at all... tell your friend that you guys need to stay sober during the week, get jobs and look for girls.
you can sit on your *** and get drunk everyday till you die when you retire, but you guys are young now and the world is out there waiting for you =)
oh yea and I haven't been hospitalised in 3 and a half years so wish me luck that I will continue to stay healthy and not get as bad off on that **** as I used to be.
good luck friend.
2006-12-11 18:21:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
According to an alcoholics anonymous website I found:
"Q - Am I an alcoholic?
A - If you repeatedly drink more than you intend or want to, if you get into trouble, or if you have memory lapses when you drink, you may be an alcoholic. Only you can decide."
You could try and stop drinking, if you can easily stop, you probably aren't.
maybe you should get out and DO something. There's a whole big world out there.
Mind you, drinking is about all I did in my 20's as well, so I can hardly talk.
See how unmanageable your life gets and if it gets bad, go to AA!
2006-12-11 17:39:16 · answer #3 · answered by Ambience 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have no answers only you can decide to sort your life out. You can't depend on others to do it for you true friends will support you. Stop letting people use you, your infatuation with this guy is just that I've been in your situation started at fifteen and it can get better 32 now and still here and happy. Take responsibility and control of your life do it for yourself no one else. Easy to say at the other end I know. Good luck and start enjoying your life.
2016-05-23 07:55:36 · answer #4 · answered by Aimee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
then you need to get up and do something with your life. it doesnt sound like you are an alcoholic but you are on the verge of it. but if you dont get up and find a job or go to school or anything else besides drinking you'll find out to be in a lot of pain because drinking the way you are headed it will cause a lot of pain and even close to death
2006-12-11 18:19:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know, sometimes it's scary right? My advice is just to distract yourself. Make sure you're at school, even if you're not paying attention in class, just make sure that you're there and that there's no alcohol in your reach. Go to work, and don't bring any alcohol. When you're at home, do something that you won't drink alcohol while you're doing it like working out, or eating or something. If you're really worried, look up your local AA meeting place or make an appointment with a substance counselor. GOodl uck!
2006-12-11 17:59:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to school or work.
BTW, contrary to what the above poster says, being an alcoholic is not about the quantity that you drink. If you think you have a drinking problem, you probably do--or you will soon enough. Why wait for it to get worse?
2006-12-11 17:31:40 · answer #7 · answered by EQ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two 40's isn't anything.
You aren't an alcoholic until you can wake up at 8 AM and clear an entire 30 pack in a matter of hours.
(I had an ex that was an alcoholic.)
He's 24 and still lives at home with his parents.
So you might not be to the addiction point yet but drinking is not a good thing to do to cure boredom. Get a job, go to school ... do something productive.
2006-12-11 17:30:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
Well like you said you don't work or go to school.....and you want something to do to stop drink'n.........Get a JOB or go to SCHOOL! Do something with yourself, otherwise you'll still be doing that when you are a 40 year old single bum with bad teeth, carper tunnel in your Nintendo fingers and a bad liver.
p.s. Who the Hell still drinks 40's? Is it 1991?
2006-12-12 10:38:57 · answer #9 · answered by daveetrice 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if u think its coz ur bored, try to get a job, or complete ur studying, or go help put somewhere, instead of lying around in the house doing nothing but drinking, i realy think u should get a job or study =)
2006-12-11 17:39:26 · answer #10 · answered by Candee Floss 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋