I'm shy and not sociable, but when I drink i feel like I can do anything and I feel confident around people

Question

I only drink about 5 drinks a day. Am I an alcoholic?

Answer 1

No you are normal! Dont let anything anyone tell you, bother you.I work very hard,and enjoy a few drinks at the end of the day. I look at it as my reward,at home of course.

Answer 2

Yes, some people have your reactions to alcohol. It isn't uncommon. However, my advice is, leave the alcohol totally behind you and find ways to feel and act confident and outgoing without the alcohol. This is a big warning! If you don't totally get off of the alcohol, you are heading for big big trouble! Alcohol will ruin your life. Watch an old movie called, "The Days Of Wine And Roses," and then tell me that alcohol is good for you because it makes you more outgoing. It starts out seeming like it is healing you and your life, it seems just fun or relaxing; but it doesn't stay like that, it goes downhill gradually and makes you feel even worse inside of yourself. You will get addicted to it, and you will find you become more and more depressed year after year, and more and more physically ill from its deadly effects. Alcohol will totally ruin your physical and emotional health and will eventually be so addictive and pull you down so far emotionally that you cannot hold a job, keep a good relationship, or have any real fun in life. It starts out seeming like a fun and easy thing, no problemo, but it is a drug and it is a serious toxin, and it is very deadly!! If you think you couldn't become an alcoholic, you are mistaken, you could easily become an alcoholic because you want to use the alcohol to feel good inside of yourself and make you more sociable. It won't work. You will crash if you continue on with this idea.

Answer 3

5 drinks of what? How big are the drinks? How long you been doing the daily thing? Alcohol lowers your inhibitions so that's why you feel "confident" or "have beer-balls". Frankly, 5 drinks a day now you will likely escalate, needing more to maintain the same buzz you got on 5 drinks. You are on your way to being an alcoholic if not having arrived already. Get a Chemical Dependency assessment.

Answer 4

yes you should learn how to be confident without alcohol...if you use this as a shield, in the end, it will be just that more harder to quit because you are not only drinking to have fun and party but also as a sort of coping/defense mechanism. Drinking to have fun is hard enough to quit but when you use it for an emotional cover up such as this, it becomes even harder and the negative aspects can compound because you will not have learned any other way to relate to people other than drinking and will become convinced it is your only way out...if that comes true, only the worst can happen. Be smart bro

Answer 5

You know, they call it a swig of confidence, and it is one of the main reasons people do drink...I know, I used to be the same way...I couldn't even talk to a man when I was young, until i Had about four drinks..be careful,...when you become resistant to the alcohol intoxity, you will be drinking ten drinks a day and become obnoxius and possible kill yourself or someone else...a good test, is to see how you act drunk, film it or something...I used to be the dang life of the party when I was drinking, I don't know why but it let it all hang out..but it also got me into a lot of unwanted trouble...Be good, and know it is a sin, and stop it and let people love you for just who you are...not someone else you have to be drunk to appear. God bless, and happy holidays.

Answer 6

Resistance is the only thing that makes us stronger. Go out with the intention of feeling shy and push a little to try and open up. Doing this will expand you...drinking to cope makes you a p*ssy in the end.

Answer 7

Probably not yet, but you are definitely on the way to becoming one. You're in the stage where it's not too late to get help for it before it becomes a problem, as well. For the underlying social problems, try to find a place where you can do group therapy with others who have the same fear, so there's less of an intimidation factor. Good luck.

Answer 8

If you just can't function with out that many drinks everyday then yes you are an alcoholic

Answer 9

I think u are.Yes shy people feel better when drinking.But wht about trying to release yourself in small doses instead of drinking?Wht makes u so afraid of being rejected?I am asking because I used to be related to a shy person who only fel better when he drank and expressed his sexuality only tht way!!!!

Answer 10

wow you da man!